Reading representations of women's war experiences in the Changi Chapel and Museum, Singapore

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-476

  Muzaini, Hamzah ^a   Yeoh, B S A ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Changi Chapel and Museum; Memoryscapes; Nation building; Representations; Women; World war II

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; WAR;

ASIA; CHANGI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23644455953     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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