Telling, Re-Telling and Talking about Telling: Disclosure and/as Surviving Incest

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-87

  Ford, Leigh Arden ^a   Crabtree, Robbin D ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958867435     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2002.10162441     Document Type: Article

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