Representations and the re-presentation of family: An analysis of divorce narratives1

After Writing Culture: Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 51-70

  Simpson, Bob ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203450987-8     Document Type: Chapter

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