Death Across Cultures Death and Dying in Non-Western Cultures /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Selin, Helaine (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rakoff, Robert M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, 9
• Θέματα: Anthropology.; Geriatrics.; Aging.; Cultural studies.; Area studies.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.; Cultural Studies.; Area Studies.

Death Across Cultures: Death and Dying in Non-Western Cultures, explores death practices and beliefs, before and after death, around the non-Western world. It includes chapters on countries in Africa, Asia, South America, as well as indigenous people in Australia and North America. These chapters ad...

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