Nature's Embrace : Japan's Aging Urbanites and New Death Rites

Based on extensive fieldwork, Nature’s Embrace reveals the emerging pluralization of death rites in postindustrial Japan. Low birth rates and high numbers of people remaining permanently single have led to a shortage of ceremonial caregivers (most commonly married sons and their wives) to ensure the...
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Autor*in:

Kawano, Satsuki [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press ; 2010

©2010

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Schlagwörter:

Death, Social aspects, Japan

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Japan

Urban elderly, Attitudes, Japan

Cremation, Japan

Cremation.

Death.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Urban elderly.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource ; 3 illus.

Beschreibung:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

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ISBN:

978-0-8248-6088-2

DOI / URN:

10.21313/9780824860882

Katalog-ID:

1015621562

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