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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
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Original Articles

Commemorating dead ‘men’: gendering the past and present in post-conflict Northern Ireland

Conmemorando a los ‘hombres’ muertos: incorporando el género en el pasado y el presente de la Irlanda del Norte post conflicto

Pages 335-354 | Published online: 21 Jul 2008

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