A good story or a good identity? The reportability of stories interfering with the construction of a morally acceptable identity

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-90

  van de Mieroop, Dorien ^a  

^a Lessius College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Big story; Identity construction; Reflexivity; Reportability; Second World War

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849113465     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: 15699935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.19.1.05van     Document Type: Article

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