Materiality of Memory: The case of the Remembrance Poppy

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Materiality of Memory : The case of the Remembrance Poppy. / Murakami, Kyoko.

Oxford Handbook of Culture & Memory. ed. / Brady Wagoner. Oxford University Press, 2017. p. 117-132.

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Harvard

Murakami, K 2017, Materiality of Memory: The case of the Remembrance Poppy. in B Wagoner (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Culture & Memory. Oxford University Press, pp. 117-132. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190230814.003.0006

APA

Murakami, K. (2017). Materiality of Memory: The case of the Remembrance Poppy. In B. Wagoner (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Culture & Memory (pp. 117-132). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190230814.003.0006

Vancouver

Murakami K. Materiality of Memory: The case of the Remembrance Poppy. In Wagoner B, editor, Oxford Handbook of Culture & Memory. Oxford University Press. 2017. p. 117-132 https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190230814.003.0006

Author

Murakami, Kyoko. / Materiality of Memory : The case of the Remembrance Poppy. Oxford Handbook of Culture & Memory. editor / Brady Wagoner. Oxford University Press, 2017. pp. 117-132

Bibtex

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