Revisionism and collective memory: The struggle for meaning in the Amistad affair

Communication Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-62

  Hasian Jr , Marouf ^b   Carlson, A Cheree ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amistad; Collective Memory; Colonization; History; Revisionism; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039604756     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750009376494     Document Type: Article

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