Testimonial encounter: Esther Mujawayo's dialogic art of witnessing

French Cultural Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-180

  Dauge Roth, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Carnegie Hall Bates College   (United States)

Author keywords

Esther Mujawayo; Genocide; Mourning; Reconciliation; Rwanda; Testimony; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349506703     PISSN: 09571558     EISSN: 17402352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957155809102632     Document Type: Review

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