Death and dying in contemporary Japan /
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| Imprint: | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2013. |
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| Description: | xviii, 240 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Japan anthropology workshop series Japan anthropology workshop series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9956816 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Making One's Death, Dying and Disposal in Contemporary Japan
- Part 1. Meaning of Life and Dying in Contemporary Japan
- 1. Death and 'The Pursuit of a Life Worth Living' in Japan
- 2. Dying in Japan: In to the Hospital and Out Again?
- 3. Sarariiman Suicides in Heisei Japan
- Part 2. Professionalization of Funerals
- 4. Working of Funeral Homes: Between Dignity of Death and Commercialism in Work for the Dead
- 5. Funeral-While-Alive as Experiential Transcendence
- 6. Contemporary Transformation of Japanese Death Ceremonies
- Part 3. 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 Scattering
- 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
