Ceremony and Ritual in Japan : Religious Practices in an Industrialized Society

D P Martinez

ISBN 10: 0415116635 / ISBN 13: 9780415116633

Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Dez 1994, 1994

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Neuware - 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, the history of a shrine, the playing of games, the exchange of towels and the relationship between ceremony and the workplace. The book provides an overview of the meaning of tradition, and looks at the way in which new ceremonies have sprung up in changing circumstances, while old ones have been preserved, or have developed new meanings.

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• Titolo: Ceremony and Ritual in Japan : Religious Practices in an Industrialized Society
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Dez 1994
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415116635
• ISBN 13: 9780415116633
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 207 L x 157 A x 27 P (millimetri) 207 millimetri di larghezza per 157 millimetri di altezza per 27 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 476 grammi

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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, the history of a shrine, the playing of games, the exchange of towels and the relationship between ceremony and the workplace. The book provides an overview of the meaning of tradition, and looks at the way in which new ceremonies have sprung up in changing circumstances, while old ones have been preserved, or have developed new meanings.

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Jan van Bremen, D.P. Martinez