Bereavement, commemoration, and collective identity in contemporary Israeli society

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Weiss, Meira ^a  

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Author keywords

Bereavement; Collective identity; Commemoration; Israel; Nationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031511560     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3317509     Document Type: Article

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