From victim to victimhood: Truth commissions and trials as rituals of political transition and individual healing

Australian Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-187

  Humphrey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 27544490610     PISSN: 10358811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.2003.tb00229.x     Document Type: Article

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