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The "Dead and their Double Duties": Mourning, Melancholia and the Martyred Intellectual Memorials in Bangladesh.

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The "Dead and their Double Duties": Mourning, Melancholia and the Martyred Intellectual Memorials in Bangladesh. / Mookherjee, N.
In: Space and Culture, Vol. 10, No. 2, 05.2007, p. 271-291.

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Mookherjee, N 2007, 'The "Dead and their Double Duties": Mourning, Melancholia and the Martyred Intellectual Memorials in Bangladesh.', Space and Culture, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 271-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331206298560

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Mookherjee, N. (2007). The "Dead and their Double Duties": Mourning, Melancholia and the Martyred Intellectual Memorials in Bangladesh. Space and Culture, 10(2), 271-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331206298560

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Mookherjee N. The "Dead and their Double Duties": Mourning, Melancholia and the Martyred Intellectual Memorials in Bangladesh. Space and Culture. 2007 May;10(2):271-291. doi: 10.1177/1206331206298560

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Mookherjee, N. / The "Dead and their Double Duties": Mourning, Melancholia and the Martyred Intellectual Memorials in Bangladesh. In: Space and Culture. 2007 ; Vol. 10, No. 2. pp. 271-291.

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