Maintaining relations, managing pollution: Mortuary exchanges in a Japanese rural town

In this article, based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in a Japanese rural town, the author examines exchanges that occur upon death by focusing on the flow of material objects in relation to pollution and vitality. Specifically, he attempts to elucidate the ways in which pollution and vitality...

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Main Author: Kim, Hyunchul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2016]
In: Journal of material culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 169-186
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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