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Consoling Ghosts : Stories of Medicine and Mourning from Southeast Asians in Exile /

Inspired by conversations with emigrants from Laos and Cambodia, this book is a sustained contemplation of relationships with the dying and the dead. The author invites readers to consider alternate ways of facing death, conducting relationships with the dead and dying, and addressing the effects of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Langford, Jean (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Inspired by conversations with emigrants from Laos and Cambodia, this book is a sustained contemplation of relationships with the dying and the dead. The author invites readers to consider alternate ways of facing death, conducting relationships with the dead and dying, and addressing the effects of violence that continue to reverberate in bodies and social worlds. --
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9781452939858