Narrating community: The creation of social structure in alcoholics anonymous through the performance of autobiography

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 363-384

  Swora, Maria Gabrielle ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4644238623     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.11.2.06swo     Document Type: Article

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