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Death and dying in contemporary Japan /
This book, based on extensive original research, explores the various ways in which Japanese people think about death and how they approach the process of dying and death. It shows how new forms of funeral ceremonies have been developed by the funeral industry, how traditional grave burial is being...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
©2013.
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| Colección: | Japan anthropology workshop series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Death and Dying In contemporary Japan; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Making One's Death, Dying, and Disposal in Contemporary Japan; Part I: Meaning of Life and Dying in Contemporary Japan; 1. Death and 'the Pursuit of a Life Worth Living' in Japan; 2. Dying in Japan: Into the Hospital and Out Again?; 3. Sarariiman Suicides in Heisei Japan; Part II: Professionalization of Funerals; 4. Working of Funeral Homes: Between Dignity of Death and Commercialism in Work for the Dead.
- 5. Funeral-while-alive as Experiential Transcendence6. Contemporary Transformation of Japanese Death Ceremonies; Part III: New Burial Practices in Japan; 7. Beyond Ancestor Worship: Continued Relationship with Significant Others; 8. Life Course and New Death Rites in Japan: The Loss of Comrades in the Second World War and the Choice of Ash Scatttering; 9. An Anthropological Study of a Japanese Tree Burial: Environment, Kinship, and Death; 10. Disaster and Death in Japan: Responses to the Flight Jl123 Crash; Epilogue: Price of Mortality
- Reinvention of Japanese Death Rituals; Index.