The politics of mourning: Survivor contributions to memorials in post-genocide rwanda

Memory Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-343

  Ibreck, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

genocide; grief; memorials; survivors; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957264229     PISSN: 17506980     EISSN: 17506999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750698010374921     Document Type: Article

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