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Author:   Hikaru Suzuki (Singapore Management University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780415631907

ISBN 10:   0415631904
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   06 December 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Making One's Death, Dying and Disposal in Contemporary Japan Part 1: Meaning of Life and Dying in Contemporary Japan 1. Death and 'The Pursuit of a Life Worth Living' in Japan 2. Dying in Japan: In to the Hospital and Out Again? 3. Sarariiman Suicides in Heisei Japan Part 2: Professionalization of Funerals 4. Working of Funeral Homes: Between Dignity of Death and Commercialism in Work for the Dead 5. Funeral-While-Alive as Experiential Transcendence 6. Contemporary Transformation of Japanese Death Ceremonies Part 3: New Burial Practices in Japan 7. Beyond Ancestor Worship: Continued Relationship with Significant Others 8. Life Course and New Death Rites in Japan: The Loss of Comrades in the Second World War and the Choice of Ash Scattering 9. An Anthropological Study of a Japanese Tree Burial: Environment, Kinship and Death 10. Disaster and Death in Japan: Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash Epilogue

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The research stimulates ... our intellectual curiosity... one feels enlightened - Masami Takahashi, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, USA Pacific Affairs: Volume 87, No. 3 - September 2014

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Hikaru Suzuki is a research associate at University of Sydney, Australia.

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