The sound-track of memory: Ashes and Dust and the commemoration of the Holocaust in Israeli popular culture

Media, Culture & Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 389-408

  Meyers, Oren ^a   Zandberg, Eyal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

collective memory; music; Poliker; radio; second generation survivors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036335929     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344370202400306     Document Type: Article

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