Being Fred: Big stories, small stories and the accomplishment of a positive ageing identity

Qualitative Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-236

  Phoenix, Cassandra ^a   Sparkes, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Big stories; Identity construction; Small stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049085024     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794108099322     Document Type: Article

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