‘It Was the Right Time To Do It’: Moving house, the life‐course and kairos

Mobilities

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-260

  Metcalfe, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home; Kairos; Life course; Moving house; Narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009548533     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100600726621     Document Type: Article

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