Traumatic truths and the gift of telling

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-167

  Giorgio, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto ethnography; Lesbian battering; Memoir; Trauma; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049171145     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800408318300     Document Type: Article

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