Bruner's search for meaning: A conversation between psychology and anthropology

Ethos

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-28

  Mattingly, Cheryl ^a   Lutkehaus, Nancy C ^b   Throop, C Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural psychology; Culture; Jerome Bruner; Meaning; Mind; Narrative; Psychological anthropology

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649112424     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2008.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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