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245 10 a| Consoling ghostsh| [electronic resource] :b| stories of medicine and mourning from Southeast Asians in exile /c| Jean M. Langford.;

260 a| Minneapolis :b| University of Minnesota Press,c| [2013];

300 a| vii, 263 pages ;c| 23 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : afterlives -- Violent traces -- Displacements -- Disciplines of dying -- Dangerous language -- Syllables of power -- Postmortem economies -- Spirit debt -- Afterword : on the status of ghosts.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "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"--c| Publisher's Web site.;

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Consoling ghosts stories of medicine and mourning from Southeast Asians in exile / Jean M. Langford.

Author/creator	Langford, Jean
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Description	vii, 263 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Laotian Americans--Death. Cambodian Americans--Death. Death--Social aspects. --United States. Terminal care--Social aspects. --United States. Spiritualism--United States.

Contents	Introduction : afterlives -- Violent traces -- Displacements -- Disciplines of dying -- Dangerous language -- Syllables of power -- Postmortem economies -- Spirit debt -- Afterword : on the status of ghosts.
Abstract	"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"-- Publisher's Web site.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013018889
ISBN	9780816687176 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780816687183 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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