Taking one day at a time: Temporal experiences in the context of unexpected life course transitions

Time & Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-68

  Shirani, Fiona ^a   Henwood, Karen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fatherhood; future; life course; time; unexpected transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955565781     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: 14617463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X10374906     Document Type: Article

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