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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 personal property, valuables and what she calls, 'refuge things....