Three ways to arrange a funeral: Mortuary variation in the modern West

Mortality

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-192

  Walter, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative; Funeral reform; Funerals; Ideal types

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244470504     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576270500178369     Document Type: Article

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