Japan is one of the most urbanized and industrialized countries in the world. Yet the Japanese continue to practise a variety of religious rituals and ceromonies that would appear to be at variance with the high-tech and highly regimented nature of Japanese society. Ceremony and Ritual in Japan focuses on the traditional and religious aspects of Japanese society from an anthropological perspective, presenting new material and making cross-cultural comparisons. The chapters in this collection cover topics as diverse as funerals and mourning, sweeping, women's roles in ritual, the division of...
Japan is one of the most urbanized and industrialized countries in the world. Yet the Japanese continue to practise a variety of religious rituals and...
Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this volume begin with the appropriate premise that anthropologies in different Asian countries have developed and continue to develop according to their own internal dynamics. With chapters written by an international group of experts in the field, Asian Anthropology will be a useful...
Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anth...
