Publication

2004 - Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC

Language

English

Word Count

57,250 words, Guess

Page Count

229 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing8452320

Classifications

  • LCCHQ

Description

"Explores ideas and practices related to religious ritual and health among older people in northern Japan. Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork, Traphagan considers various forms of ritual performance and contextualizes these in terms of private and public spheres of activity. An important theme of the book is that for Japanese the expression of concern about family, friends, the community, and the nation is a central symbolic element in religious ritual practice."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

  • The practice of concern: ritual, well-being, and aging in rural JapanCarolina Academic Press2004-01-01

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