Intense paradoxes of memory: Researching moral questions about remembering the socialist past

History and Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-199

  Gallinat, Anselma ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eastern Germany; Ethnography; Memory; Morality; Socialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549085266     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757200902885950     Document Type: Review

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