Toward an understanding of archives as a feature of collective memory

Archival Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 95-112

  Josias, Anthea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective memory; Personal testimonies; Political transformation; Politics of memory; Social memory; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953038982     PISSN: 13890166     EISSN: 15737519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10502-011-9136-3     Document Type: Article

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