A psycho-discursive approach to analysing qualitative interview data, with reference to a father-son relationship

Qualitative Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 527-545

  Gough, Brendan ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discursive; Father son relations; Interview; Masculinities; Psycho discursive; Psychoanalytic

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749087821     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794109343624     Document Type: Article

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