Modern Passings : Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial Japan /

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What to do with the dead? In Imperial Japan, as elsewhere in the modernizing world, answering this perennial question meant relying on age-old solutions. Funerals, burials, and other mortuary rites had developed over the centuries with the aim of building continuity in the face of loss. As Japanese...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bernstein, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2006]
Colección:Study of the weatherhead East Head institute
Temas:
1800-1999
Death > Social aspects > Japan > History > 19th century.
Death > Social aspects > Japan > History > 20th century.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Japan > History > 19th century.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Japan > History > 20th century.
Mort > Aspect social > Japon > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mort > Aspect social > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Japon > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Death > Social aspects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Manners and customs
Japan > Social life and customs > 1868-1912.
Japan > Social life and customs > 1912-1945.
Japon > Mœurs et coutumes > 1868-1912.
Japon > Mœurs et coutumes > 1912-1945.
Japan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Of Buddhas and Ancestors
  • 2. The Shinto Challenge to Buddhist Death
  • 3. The Great Cremation Debate
  • 4. Divesting Shinto Funerals
  • 5. Grave Matters
  • 6. Dying in Style
  • Epilogue: The Japanese Way of Death and Its Critics.

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