Corpses, dead body politics and agency in human geography: Following the corpse of Dr Petru Groza

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-148

  Young, Craig ^a   Light, Duncan ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corpses; Dead body politics; Death studies; Deathscapes; Mobility agency; Romania

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; MOBILITY;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84870764495     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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