Transcending hollywood: The referendum on United 93 as cinematic memorial

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-223

  Jordan, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Cinema; Commemoration; Public Memory; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949083507     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030802032267     Document Type: Review

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