'Remembering to forget': Public secrecy and memory of sexual violence in the Bangladesh war of 1971

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-450

  Mookherjee, Nayanika ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33744460536     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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