Listening is active: Lessons from the narrative practices of Taiwanese families

Family Stories and the Life Course: Across Time and Generations

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 303-323

  Fung, Heidi ^a   Miller, Peggy J ^b   Lin, Lu Chun ^b  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610300     Document Type: Chapter

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