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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| Формат: | Print |
| Язык: | Английский |
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| Опубликовано: |
Minneapolis, Minn. [u.a.]
University of Minnesota Press
2013
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| В: | Год: 2013 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Dos Passos, John 1896-1970, U.S.A.
/ Лао (народ)
/ Камбоджийцы
/ Иммигрант (мотив)
/ Вера в духов
/ Смерть
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| Другие ключевые слова: | 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) |
| Итог: | "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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| Примечание: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-256) and index |
| ISBN: | 081668717X |