Ghosts and the Japanese : cultural experience in Japanese death legends /
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Author / Creator: | Iwasaka, Michiko, 1945- |
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Imprint: | Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1994. |
Description: | 1 electronic resource (xx, 138 pages ) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246744 |
Summary: | The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan. |
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Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (xx, 138 pages ) |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-131) and index. |
ISBN: | 0874211794 9780874213799 0874213797 9780874211795 |
Access: | Legal Deposit; |