The politics of pity: Domesticating loss in a Russian province

American Anthropologist

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-311

  Oushakine, Serguei Alex ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Emotion; Memory; Mothers; Ritual

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744547569     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2006.108.2.297     Document Type: Article

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