How Do We Think about Death?----A Cultural Glance of Superstitious Ideas from Chinese and Western Ghost Festivals
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عنوان ژورنال: International Education Studies
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1913-9039,1913-9020
DOI: 10.5539/ies.v2n4p68