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Consoling ghosts : stories of medicine and mourning from southeast Asians in exile /

Inspired by conversations with emigrants from Laos and Cambodia, Consoling Ghosts is a sustained contemplation of relationships with the dying and the dead. Jean M. Langford invites us to consider alternate ways of facing death, conducting relationships with the dead and dying, and addressing the ef...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Langford, Jean (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Laotian Americans > Death.
Cambodian Americans > Death.
Death > Social aspects > United States.
Terminal care > Social aspects > United States.
Spiritualism > United States.
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Summary:Inspired by conversations with emigrants from Laos and Cambodia, Consoling Ghosts is a sustained contemplation of relationships with the dying and the dead. Jean M. Langford invites us to consider alternate ways of facing death, conducting relationships with the dead and dying, and addressing the effects of violence that continue to reverberate in bodies and social worlds.
Physical Description:vii, 263 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816687176 (hbk. : alk. paper)
081668717X (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780816687183 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0816687188 (pbk. : alk. paper)