Consoling ghosts: stories of medicine and mourning from Southeast Asians in exile
"Inspired by conversations with emigrants from Laos and Cambodia, Consoling Ghosts is a sustained contemplation of relationships with the dying and the dead. Jean M. Langford invites us to consider alternate ways of facing death, conducting relationships with the dead and dying, and addressing...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Εκτύπωση Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Υπηρεσία παραγγελιών Subito: | Παραγγείλετε τώρα. |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Minneapolis, Minn. [u.a.]
University of Minnesota Press
2013
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2013 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Dos Passos, John 1896-1970, U.S.A.
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/ Καμποτζιανός
/ Μετανάστης (μοτίβο)
/ Πίστη στα πνεύματα
/ Θάνατος (μοτίβο)
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Laotian Americans
Death
B Death Social aspects (United States) B Cambodian Americans Death B Terminal Care Social aspects (United States) B Spiritualism (United States) |
| Σύνοψη: | "Inspired by conversations with emigrants from Laos and Cambodia, Consoling Ghosts is a sustained contemplation of relationships with the dying and the dead. Jean M. Langford invites us 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"-- |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-256) and index |
| ISBN: | 081668717X |