The Limit of the Discursive: A Critique of the Radical Constructionist Approach to Family Experience

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-340

  Ho, Wing Chung ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84862335919     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2012.01237.x     Document Type: Article

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