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Modern Passings : Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial Japan / Andrew Bernstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernstein, Andrew, author.
- Series:
- Study of the weatherhead East Head institute.
- Study of the weatherhead East Head institute
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death--Social aspects--Japan--History--19th century.
- Death.
- Death--Social aspects--Japan--History--20th century.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Japan--History--19th century.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Japan--History--20th century.
- History.
- Death--Social aspects.
- Japan--Social life and customs--1868-1912.
- Japan.
- Manners and customs.
- Japan--Social life and customs--1912-1945.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2006]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Of Buddhas and Ancestors
- 2. The Shinto Challenge to Buddhist Death
- 3. The Great Cremation Debate
- 4. Divesting Shinto Funerals
- 5. Grave Matters
- 6. Dying in Style
- Epilogue: The Japanese Way of Death and Its Critics.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 22, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 0824841581
- 9780824841584
- Publisher Number:
- 99984237455
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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