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Ceremony and ritual in Japan : religious practices in an industrialized society /
Japan is one of the most urbanised and industrialised countries in the world. Yet the Japanese continue to practise a variety of religious rituals and ceremonies despite the high-tech, highly regimented nature of Japanese society. Ceremony and Ritual in Japan focuses on the traditional and religious...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1995.
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| Series: | Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Japan is one of the most urbanised and industrialised countries in the world. Yet the Japanese continue to practise a variety of religious rituals and ceremonies despite the high-tech, highly regimented nature of Japanese society. Ceremony and Ritual in Japan focuses on the traditional and religious aspects of Japanese society from an anthropological perspective, presenting new material and making cross-cultural comparisons. The chapters in this collection cover topics as diverse as funerals and mourning, sweeping, women's roles in ritual, the division of ceremonial foods into bitter and sweet, |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 041524580X 9780415245807 0203429540 9780203429549 9780415116633 0415116635 9786610320691 6610320691 1280320699 9781280320699 |