Building bridges of memory: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and the cultural politics of maternal memories

History and Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-150

  Burchianti, Margaret ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cultural politics; Historical narrative; Motherhood; Social memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 50549086333     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757200410001689954     Document Type: Article

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