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‘Cats give funerals to rats’: making the dead modern with lament

dc.contributor.authorMueggler, Eriken_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-23T15:59:07Z
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dc.date.issued2014-06en_US
dc.identifier.citationMueggler, Erik (2014). "‘Cats give funerals to rats’: making the dead modern with lament." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2): 197-217.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1359-0987en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-9655en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/106846
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherVintageen_US
dc.title‘Cats give funerals to rats’: making the dead modern with lamenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAnthropologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106846/1/jrai12100.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-9655.12100en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of the Royal Anthropological Instituteen_US
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