Embodied interpretation: A novel way of evocatively re-presenting meanings in phenomenological research

Qualitative Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 568-583

  Todres, Les ^a   Galvin, Kathleen T ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetic phenomenology; Embodied interpretation; Evocative; Gendlin

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349129245     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794108094866     Document Type: Article

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