The semiotic of accusation: Thinking about deconstruction, development, the critique of practice, and the practice of critique

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 129-152

  Motzkau, Johanna F ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child witness practice; Critical methods; Critical psychology of development; Deconstruction; Deleuze; Developmental psychology; Practice research; Semiotic of accusation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449704497     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780880902901265     Document Type: Article

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