Contingent selves: Love and death in a buddhist society in Nepal

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 210-245

  McHugh, Ernestine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0036579055     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2002.17.2.210     Document Type: Review

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