The Suffering of Symbols: Giotto Frescoes and the Cultural Trauma of Objects

Cultural Sociology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 479-494

  Debs, Mira ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

art; cultural heritage; cultural trauma; death; disasters; Italy; life; material culture; nationalism; symbols; world heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884593405     PISSN: 17499755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1749975512454086     Document Type: Article

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