Modernity, mortality and re-enchantment: The death taboo revisited

Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 745-759

  Lee, Raymond L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Death; Modernity; Re enchantment

Indexed keywords

EID: 47849100964     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508091626     Document Type: Review

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