02816nam 22004815 450 991025334990332120230330211837.01-137-56538-110.1057/978-1-137-56538-9(CKB)3710000000726246(EBL)4716292(DE-He213)978-1-137-56538-9(MiAaPQ)EBC4716292(EXLCZ)99371000000072624620160607d2016 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierShichigosan Change and Continuity of a Family Ritual in Contemporary Urban Japan /by Melinda Papp1st ed. 2016.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (271 p.)Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology,2946-2444Description based upon print version of record.1-137-56537-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- Bibliography.This book presents a case study of shichigosan, an extremely popular childhood family ritual in contemporary Japan. It is an interesting example of a custom with very ancient roots (going back to the tenth century), that has undergone several transformations during the course of its history, adapting to changing socio-economic and cultural circumstances. Within the study, the ritual unfolds as a shared platform where basic social values, views on children and family life, and individual perceptions emerge, are expressed and moulded at the same time. This book offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of a ritual practice in the intensely urbanized context of present-day Japan.Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology,2946-2444SociologySocial groupsSociology of Family, Youth and AgingSociology.Social groups.Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.306.850952Papp Melindaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1063219BOOK9910253349903321Shichigosan2531028UNINA