Material Objects as Facilitating Environments: The Palestinian Diaspora

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Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-56

  Turan, Zeynep ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Collective memory; Diaspora; Facilitating environments; Material culture; Material objects; Objects of legacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749339863     PISSN: 17406315     EISSN: 17517427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174210X12572427063841     Document Type: Article

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