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The Self in Action: Narrating Agentic Moments

Shira Zilberstein, Elena Ayala-Hurtado, Mari Sanchez, Derek Robey
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2024, 10 (5) 118-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2024.10.5.05
Shira Zilberstein
aPhD candidate in sociology at Harvard University, United States
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Elena Ayala-Hurtado
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Mari Sanchez
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Derek Robey
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Shira Zilberstein, Elena Ayala-Hurtado, Mari Sanchez, Derek Robey
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Shira Zilberstein, Elena Ayala-Hurtado, Mari Sanchez, Derek Robey
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