Unreliable memories and other contingencies: Problems with biographical knowledge

Qualitative Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-204

  Gardner, Graham ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biography; epistemology; memory; qualitative; reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993708203     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146879410100100205     Document Type: Article

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