Ghosts and the Japanese : cultural experience in Japanese death legends / / by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken
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| Autore: |
Iwasaka Michiko <1945->
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| Titolo: |
Ghosts and the Japanese : cultural experience in Japanese death legends / / by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken
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| Pubblicazione: | Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 398.2/0952/05 |
| Soggetto topico: | Folklore - Japan |
| Death - Japan | |
| Death - Social aspects - Japan | |
| Legends - Japan - History and criticism | |
| Funeral rites and ceremonies - Japan | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Japan Social life and customs |
| Altri autori: |
ToelkenBarre <1935->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. An introduction to the left stairway -- pt. 2. Death customs in contemporary Japan -- pt. 3. Japanese death legends and vernacular culture. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ghosts And The Japanese |
| ISBN: | 1-283-07799-X |
| 9786613077998 | |
| 0-87421-379-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910141011103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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