Reflections on the narrative approach: Dilemmas of power, emotions and social location while constructing life-stories

Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-181

  Essers, Caroline ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Identity; Life stories; Self reflexivity; Situated knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449112587     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508408100473     Document Type: Article

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