Creating gender and identity through autobiographical narratives

Autobiographical Memory and the Construction of a Narrative Self: Developmental and Cultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 149-167

  Fivush, Robyn ^a   Buckner, Janine P ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917081113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410607478     Document Type: Chapter

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