The semiotics of collective memories

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 337-353

  French, Brigittine M ^a  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

communicability; erasure; historicity; memory sites; temporality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CARTOGRAPHY; COMMUNICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MEMORY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873295477     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-081309-145936     Document Type: Review

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