"I was mad about it all, about the ban": Emotional spaces of solidarity in the Poznan March of Equality

Emotion, Space and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-51

  Gruszczynska, Anna ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective memory; Emotions; Gay and lesbian; Poland; Solidarity movement; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249140125     PISSN: 17554586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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