The Past if Past: The Use of Memories and Self-Healing Narratives in Refugees from the Former Yugoslavia
Journal of Refugee StudiesPublished 22 January 2011
Marco Gemignani
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Journal Article The Past if Past: The Use of Memories and Self-Healing Narratives in Refugees from the Former Yugoslavia Get access Marco Gemignani Marco Gemignani Department of Psychology, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15282 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 24, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 132–156, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feq050 Published: 22 January 2011 Article history Received: 01 March 2009 Revision received: 01 April 2010 Published: 22 January 2011
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