Dying to tell: Sexuality and suicide in imperial Japan

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Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-35

  Robertson, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 6444219799     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/495412     Document Type: Article

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