The narrative construction of the self: Selfhood as a rhizomatic story

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 632-650

  Sermijn, Jasmina ^a   Devlieger, Patrick ^b,c   Loots, Gerrit ^a,d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Narrative construction; Nontraditional presentation forms; Rhizome; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149120180     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800408314356     Document Type: Article

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