The limits of "state functionalism" and the reconstruction of funerary ritual in contemporary northern Vietnam

American Ethnologist

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 540-560

  Malarney, Shaun Kingsley ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Culture and ideology; Funerary ritual; Ritual change; Socialist ritual; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030488653     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1996.23.3.02a00050     Document Type: Article

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