Ghosts and the Japanese cultural experience in Japanese death legends
The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press
1994.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430345906719 |
| Summary: | The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan. The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283077996 9786613077998 9780874213799 |
