Blowing in the wind? Identity, materiality, and the destinations of human ashes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 881-898

  Prendergast, David ^a   Hockey, Jenny ^b   Kellaher, Leonie ^c  

^a Ethnographic Enterprises   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750445645     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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