Trust in testimony: The institutional embeddedness of holocaust survivor narratives

Archives Europeennes de Sociologie

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-75

  Beim, Aaron ^a   Fine, Gary Alan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; MUSEUM; SOCIAL HISTORY;

EID: 34548358830     PISSN: 00039756     EISSN: 14740583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000397560700029X     Document Type: Article

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