Matsuri and religion : : complexity, continuity, and creativity in Japanese festivals / / edited by Elisabetta Porcu, Michael Dylan Foster.
Bringing together the innovative work of scholars from a variety of disciplines, Matsuri and Religion explores festivals in Japan through their interconnectedness to religious life in both urban and rural communities. Each chapter, informed by extensive ethnographic engagement, focuses on a specific...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Notes: | "Originally published as Volume 9, No. 1-3 (2020) of Brill's journal Journal of Religion in Japan"--Colophon. |
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| Summary: | Bringing together the innovative work of scholars from a variety of disciplines, Matsuri and Religion explores festivals in Japan through their interconnectedness to religious life in both urban and rural communities. Each chapter, informed by extensive ethnographic engagement, focuses on a specific festival to unpack the role of religion in collective ritualized activities. With attention to contemporary performance and historical transformation, the study sheds light on understandings of change, identity and community, as well as questions regarding intangible cultural heritage, tourism, and the intersection of religion with politics. Read as a whole, the volume provides a uniquely multi-sited ethnographic, historical, and theoretical study, contributing to discourses on religion and festival/ritual/performance in Japan and elsewhere around the globe. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004466541 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Elisabetta Porcu, Michael Dylan Foster. |