Erasing the brown scare: Referential afterlife and the power of memory templates

Social Problems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-187

  Fine, Gary Alan ^a   McDonnell, Terence ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective memory; Memory; Political sociology; Reputation; Sedition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847328916     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.2.170     Document Type: Article

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