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Rituals of death as a context for understanding personal property in socialist Mongoliaarticle 2002 • Humphrey, Caroline
Mongolia • Asia > Central Asia
Humphrey explores Mongolian ideas about personal property and personhood by examining what happens to the deceased's possessions at funerals. Humphrey distinguishes between two kinds of person...