Death and mourning in times of COVID-19. The experience of Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa.
The paper deals with the effects of the regulations and restrictions on the handling of corpses and funerals among Zimbabwean migrant families who lost relatives in South Africa during the COVID-19 epidemic in the years 2020 and 2021. Interviews were conducted with members of this migrant community....
| Publicado en: | Death Studies Vol. 49; no. 10; pp. 1316 - 1325 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2025
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