Genre memories and memory genres: A dialogical analysis of May 8, 1945 commemorations in the Federal Republic of Germany

American Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-402

  Olick, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

GERMANY;

EID: 0032814710     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657492     Document Type: Article

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