The price of death : the funeral industry in contemporary Japan / Hikaru Suzuki.
"The book depicts the process of contemporary Japanese funerals, the practices of those who provide commercial funeral services, and the motivations and behavior of the mourners who purchase those services. In so doing, it examines the role of funeral companies in shaping Japanese cultural prac...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The price of death : |b the funeral industry in contemporary Japan / |c Hikaru Suzuki. |
| 260 | |a Stanford, Calif. : |b Stanford University Press, |c 2000. | ||
| 300 | |a ix, 266 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 23 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Introduction: |t Commercial Funerals for Contemporary Japanese -- |t Death Rituals in Anthropology and Japanese Folklore Studies -- The |t History of Japanese Funeral Traditions -- The |t Phase of Negated Death -- The |t Funeral Ceremony: Rites of Passage -- |t Funeral Professionals at Moon Rise -- |t Funeral Professionals Outside of Moon Rise -- The |t Commoditization of the Bathing Ceremony -- |g Conclusion: The |t Shift to Commercialization and Mass Consumption. |
| 520 | 1 | |a "Funerary practices have long been a classic topic of anthropological inquiry, which has tended to focus on death rituals as expressions and reinforcers of community ties and values. In this book, the author looks at funerals as an urban business, based on her fieldwork at a large Japanese funeral company. Her central theme is the progressive commercialization of what once were primarily religious rituals." | |
| 520 | 8 | |a "The book depicts the process of contemporary Japanese funerals, the practices of those who provide commercial funeral services, and the motivations and behavior of the mourners who purchase those services. In so doing, it examines the role of funeral companies in shaping Japanese cultural practices and in changing an important aspect of Japanese society."--Jacket. | |
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