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Negotiations of the Sacred : Kyoto's Gion Matsuri and the Shifting Boundaries of a Japanese Festival.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porcu, Elisabetta.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Negotiations of the Sacred offers a fresh perspective on one of Japan's most famous festivals, the Gion Matsuri, held in Kyoto in July.Dating back more than a thousand years, the festival today features the parading of dozens of elaborate floats and portable Shinto shrines, accompanied by thousands of participants, through more than thirty.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Conventions
- Gion Matsuri Schedule
- Introduction: Setting the Stage
- Chapter 1. In the Field: A Year in a Gion Matsuri Neighborhood
- Chapter 2. Negotiating Boundaries Between the Religious and the Secular
- Chapter 3. Gion Matsuri and Glocalization
- Chapter 4. Gion Matsuri as a Contested Site
- Conclusion: At the End of the Journey
- Japanese Terms and Kanji
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8070-317-3
- 979-88-8070-318-0
- OCLC:
- 1581934377
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