The burden of memory: Victims, storytelling and resistance in Northern Ireland

Memory Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-376

  Hackett, Claire ^a   Rolston, Bill ^b  

^a Falls Community Council ^*  (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ireland; Memory; Resistance; Storytelling; Truth recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349297135     PISSN: 17506980     EISSN: 17506999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750698008337560     Document Type: Article

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