No-place, new places: Death and its rituals in urban Asia
In many Asian cities, particularly those that confront increasing land scarcity, the conversion from burial to cremation has been encouraged by state agencies in the last several decades. From Hong Kong to Seoul to Singapore, planning agencies have sought to reduce the use of space for the dead, in...
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Main Author: | KONG, Lily |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2017
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