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Ceremony and Ritual in Japan - Religious Practices in an Industrialized Society (Paperback)
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Ceremony and Ritual in Japan - Religious Practices in an Industrialized Society (Paperback)
Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
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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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