Public memorializing in postmodernity: The Vietnam veterans memorial as prototype

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 263-288

  Blair, Carole ^a   Jeppeson, Marsha S ^a   Pucci, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84950643509     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335639109383960     Document Type: Article

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