Shichigosan: Change and Continuity of a Family Ritual in Contemporary Urban Japan - Couverture rigide

Papp, Melinda

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1137565373 ISBN 13 : 9781137565372

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Synopsis

Introduction
Chapter One: The study of ritual in contemporary urban society
Chapter Two: Consumption and ritual
Chapter Three: Consumer culture and changes to the ritual calendar in postwar urban Japan
Chapter Four: Shichigosan: The history of a Japanese childhood rite of passage
Chapter Five: Business sector, media and religious institutions
Chapter Six: Constructing the ritual: dress, photographs, actors, and script
Conclusion: Children, women, and families: Creating a ritual for one and all
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À propos de l'auteur

Melinda Papp is Assistant Professor in Japanese Culture and Society at the Department of Japanese Studies, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) University, Hungary. She has published on themes concerning Japanese folklore religious beliefs, modern patterns of family rituals, and consumption. She has edited the volume Encounters with Japan: Japanese Studies in the Visegrad Four Countries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1137565373
• ISBN 13: 9781137565372
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 273
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