Personal narrative, dialogism, and the performance of “truth” in complaints of a dutiful daughter

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-37

  Bergman, Teresa ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter; Dialogism; Documentary; Naturalistic Performance; Personal Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949772646     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1046293042000239410     Document Type: Article

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