(Re)writing biography: Memory, identity, and textually mediated reality in coming to terms with the past

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-215

  Tileagǎ, Cristian ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biography; discursive psychology; identity; memory; public disclosure; Securitate; textually mediated reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959565461     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X11398315     Document Type: Article

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