The construction of multiple identities in elderly narrators' stories

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 903-927

  Norrick, Neal R ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conversation; Identity; Memory; Perspective; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEMORY;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450242745     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X09008599     Document Type: Article

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