Being a widow and other life stories: The interplay between lives and words

Anthropology and Humanism

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-34

  Lamb, Sarah ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040514901     PISSN: 15599167     EISSN: 15481409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ahu.2001.26.1.16     Document Type: Article

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