Hakutulokset: japan
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Japanese Women, Class and the Tea Ceremony
This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony (chado) practitioners in Japan. Focusing on practitioners in a provincial city, …
Religion and Politics in Contemporary Japan
Presenting a study of politics at grassroots level among young Japanese, this book examines the alliance between the religious movement Soka Gakkai (the ‘Value-creation Society’) …
Representations of Japanese Nature
Scholars have long recognised that “nature” is mediated, constructed and represented by culture, as also is technology, nature’s “unnatural” counterpart. This book explores how …
Inside a Japanese Sharehouse
This book explores social change in Japan at the most intimate site of social interaction – the home – by providing a detailed ethnography of everyday life in a sharehouse. …
Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan
This exciting new book is a detailed examination of pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters with …
Death and Dying in Contemporary Japan
This book, based on extensive original research, explores the various ways in which Japanese people think about death and how they approach the process of dying and death. It shows …
Ascetic Practices in Japanese Religion
Ascetic practices are a common feature of religion in Japan, practiced by different religious traditions. This book looks at these ascetic practices in an inter-sectarian and …
Scandal in Japan
This book is an exploration of media scandals in contemporary Japanese society. In shedding new light on the study of scandal in Japan, the book offers a novel view of scandal as a …
Japanese Tree Burial
Tree burial, a new form of disposal for the cremated remains of the dead, was created in 1999 by Chisaka Genpo, the head priest of a Zen Buddhist temple in northern Japan. Instead …
The Culture of Copying in Japan
This book challenges the perception of Japan as a ‘copying culture’ through a series of detailed ethnographic and historical case studies. It addresses a question about why the …