Death, ancestors, and the living dead: Learning without teaching in Madagascar

Children's Understanding of Death: From Biological to Religious Conceptions

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-18

  Astuti, Rita ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84860430243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511852077.002     Document Type: Chapter

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