'It feels right in my heart': Affective accountability in narratives of attachment

Sociological Review

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-302

  Faircloth, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79958808175     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2011.02004.x     Document Type: Article

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