Collective rituals, emotional climate and intergroup perception: Participation in "gacaca"tribunals and assimilation of the Rwandan genocide

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-403

  Kanyangara, Patrick ^a   Rimé, Bernard ^b   Philippot, Pierre ^b   Yzerbyt, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; CULTURAL TRADITION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENOCIDE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34250007874     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2007.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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