Existential functions of culture: The monumental immortality project

Cultural Processes: A Social Psychological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 96-110

  Kesebir, Pelin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 80051829055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511779374.010     Document Type: Chapter

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