From normal conflict to normative deviance: The micro-politics of trouble in close relationships

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-38

  Emerson, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disputing within dyads; moralization; roommate conflict; roommate troubles; unofficial deviance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650766064     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241610378135     Document Type: Article

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