ISBN:
9780415631907
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (259 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
Series Statement:
Japan Anthropology Workshop Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Death and Dying in Contemporary Japan
DDC:
393.0952
Keywords:
Death - Social aspects - Japan
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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 replaced in some cases by the scattering of ashes and forest mortuary ritual, and how Japanese thinking on relationships, the value of life, and the afterlife are changing. Throughout, it assesses how these changes reflect changing social structures and social values
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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