The social logic of "false memories": Symbolic awakenings and symbolic worlds in survivor and retractor narratives

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-565

  DeGloma, Thomas ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiography; Cognition; Memory; Narrative; Symbolic awakenings

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649001379     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2007.30.4.543     Document Type: Article

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