Going home? Belonging and burial in the era of aids

Africa

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-172

  Whyte, Susan Reynolds ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CULTURAL TRADITION; MORTALITY; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 23844439312     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2005.75.2.154     Document Type: Article

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