Devouring the mother: A Kleinian perspective on necrophagia and corpse abuse in mortuary ritual

Ethos

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-409

  Stephen, Michele ^a  

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EID: 0032325687     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.1998.26.4.387     Document Type: Article

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