Caring for the dead ritually in Cambodia

Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-75

  Holt, John Clifford ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Cambodia; Death; Family; Khmer Rouge; National identity; Pchum ben; Ritual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976320107     PISSN: 21867275     EISSN: 24238686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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