Nature's Embrace : : Japan's Aging Urbanites and New Death Rites / / Satsuki Kawano.
Based on extensive fieldwork, Nature's Embrace reveals the emerging pluralization of death rites in postindustrial Japan. Low birth rates and high numbers of people remaining permanently single have led to a shortage of ceremonial caregivers (most commonly married sons and their wives) to ensur...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 3 illus. |
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