The Life of the Corpse: Framing Reflections and Questions

2009/11/25 by Deborah Posel, Pamila Gupta
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Asian American and Pacific Histories #Posthumanist Ethics and Activism #Theatre and Performance Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/00020180903381248

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Abstract

This collection of six articles draws on contributions presented to the international symposium on The Life of the Corpse, convened by the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) in...

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