Narrative, Memory and Social Representations: A Conversation Between History and Social Psychology

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 440-456

  Jovchelovitch, Sandra ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazilian public sphere; Cognitive polyphasia; Collective remembering; Narrative; Social psychology and history; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870440969     PISSN: 19324502     EISSN: 19363567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12124-012-9217-8     Document Type: Article

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