Cautious commemoration: Localism, communalism, and nationalism in Palestinian memorial monuments in Israel

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-368

  Sorek, Tamir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; MONUMENT; NATIONALISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 42349104543     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417508000169     Document Type: Article

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