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Dialogues with the Dead: The Discussion of Mortality among the Sora of Eastern India (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Dialogues with the Dead The Discussion of Mortality among the Sora of Eastern India - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Author: Piers Vitebsky
Piers Vitebsky's study of religion, healing and psychology in tribal India focuses on a unique dialogue between the living and the dead, conducted through a shaman. By exploring memories of emotional attachments, the Sora people negotiate the meaning of particular deaths. Vitebsky analyzes these relationships over a period of years, and develo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521384476
ISBN-10: 0521384478
Publication Date: 8/27/1993
Pages: 314
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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