The aesthetics of absence: Rebuilding ground zero

American Ethnologist

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-325

  Sturken, Marita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Cultural memory; Memorial; Mourning; Place; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344222016     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2004.31.3.311     Document Type: Review

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