‘Putting grief into boxes’: Trauma and the crisis of democracy in art spiegelman's in the shadow of no towers

Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-201

  Espiritu, Karen ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79959442758     PISSN: 10714413     EISSN: 15563022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10714410600739905     Document Type: Article

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