Commemorating and commodifying the rwandan genocide: Memorial sites in a politically difficult context

Dark Tourism and Place Identity: Managing and interpreting dark places

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 142-155

  Hohenhaus, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85057091081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203134900-20     Document Type: Chapter

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