The Mutual Construction of Narrative by Mothers and Children: Cross-Cultural Observations

Berko Gleason, Jean; Melzi, Gigliana

doi:10.1075/jnlh.7.26the

Article published In: Oral Versions of Personal Experience: Three decades of narrative analysis
[Journal of Narrative and Life History 7:1-4] 1997
► pp. 217–222

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The Mutual Construction of Narrative by Mothers and Children: Cross-Cultural Observations

Jean Berko Gleason | Boston University

Gigliana Melzi | Boston University

Published online: 4 August 2015

https://doi.org/10.1075/jnlh.7.26the

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