The limits of children's voices: From authenticity to critical, reflexive representation

Childhood

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-165

  Spyrou, Spyros ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

authenticity; children's voices; methodology; reflexivity; representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956050385     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568210387834     Document Type: Article

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