Ethnology, Volume 40University of Pittsburgh, 2001 - Anthropology |
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... death , perhaps what Americans in the past referred to as dying of old age . The terms rōsui and pokkuri arose in ... death ; 2 ) the basis of such a peaceful death being that the last stage of life is pain - free ; 3 ) that a good death ...
... death , perhaps what Americans in the past referred to as dying of old age . The terms rōsui and pokkuri arose in ... death ; 2 ) the basis of such a peaceful death being that the last stage of life is pain - free ; 3 ) that a good death ...
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... death ( Kato 1990 : 67 ) . Anrakushi is etymologically related to words such as yasuraka ( peaceful , calm ) and ... death implied in both the pokkuri and rōsui ideals . In contemporary usage it thus carries the duality of meaning that ...
... death ( Kato 1990 : 67 ) . Anrakushi is etymologically related to words such as yasuraka ( peaceful , calm ) and ... death implied in both the pokkuri and rōsui ideals . In contemporary usage it thus carries the duality of meaning that ...
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... deaths from cancer in 1998 were nearly four - and - a - half times the number for 1950 , while over the same period the overall death rate declined by 31 per cent ( calculated from Kōseishō 2000 : 51 ) . 7. These survey data were ...
... deaths from cancer in 1998 were nearly four - and - a - half times the number for 1950 , while over the same period the overall death rate declined by 31 per cent ( calculated from Kōseishō 2000 : 51 ) . 7. These survey data were ...
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Reviewing Twinship in Africa Elisha P Renne and Misty L Bastian | 1 |
Abominable Twins and Mission Culture | 13 |
The Ordinariness of the | 29 |
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