Patches of grief and rage: Visitor responses to the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-451

  Lewis, Jacqueline ^a   Fraser, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Collective memory; Commemoration; Quilts; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010111240     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02393368     Document Type: Article

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