Death and Funeral Practices in Japan Hardback
by Hannah Gould, Aki Miyazawa, Shinya Yamada
Part of the Routledge International Focus on Death and Funeral Practices series
Hardback
Description
This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the past, present, and future direction of death rituals and deathcare systems within Japan. As Japan heads toward a precarious future shaped by its super-aging society, secularisation, and economic stagnation, the socioreligious structures that once organised death and funerary practice are becoming increasingly unstable.
In their place, new technologies and rituals for the farewell of the dead, handling of cremains, and commemoration of the ancestors have begun to emerge.
The work is informed by the authors’ extensive research within Japan’s funeral, cemetery, and memorialisation sectors and the latest Japanese data sources and academic publications, not currently available in English. Providing readily accessible and contextualising information, this book will be an essential reference for graduate students and academics, as well as international policymakers and deathcare practitioners.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:152 pages, 2 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, color; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Ha
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/06/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032588742
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Pre-Order
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:152 pages, 2 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, color; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Ha
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/06/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032588742
