Understanding Japanese society through life after death
In this article based on extensive ethnographic interviewing of eighty-six Japanese adults, I analyze the different ways in which they understand life after death, and consider the societal implications of their views. I examine senses of life after death as based in communion with departed family m...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis
2011
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Japan forum
Year: 2011, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 363-384 |
| Further subjects: | B
Manners and customs
B Japan B Religion B Development B Death B Ethnology B Custom B Cultural identity B Society B Tendency B Teaching B Ancestor cult |