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...
| Σύνοψη: | 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 Wedding and funeral ritual /Robert J. Smith --Rituality in the 'ken' game /Sepp Linhart --Parish of a famous shrine /Sylvie Guichard-Anguis --On structural duality in Japanese conceptions of death /Halldor Stefansson --Orchestrated reciprocity : belief versus practice in Japanese funeral ritual /Jane M. Bachnik --Memorial monuments and memorial services of Japanese companies : focusing on Mount Kōya /Hirochika Nakamaki --Japanese Shintō parade /Arne Kalland --Women and ritual /D.P. Martinez --'Sonaemono' : ritual gifts to the dieties /Jane Cobbi --Ritual of the revolving towel /Joy Hendry --Cleaning floors and sweeping the mind /Ian Reader. |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record |
| ISBN: | 0415116635 |