Life, Illness, and Death in Contemporary South Asia
Living through the Age of Hope and Precariousness
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
Av Matsuo Mizuho, Nakamura Sae, Funahashi Kenta, Japan) Mizuho, Matsuo (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan) Sae, Nakamura (Grad. Sch. of Arts & Sci., Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) Kenta, Funahashi (Fac. of Sociol., Ryukoku Univ.
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2023-02-22
- Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
- Vikt453 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieRoutledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
- Antal sidor250
- FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
- ISBN9781032327440