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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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press
1994.
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Colección: | JSTOR Open Access monographs.
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Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37561613*spi |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico (xx, 138 p.) : il |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 125-131) e índice. |
ISBN: | 9780874213799 |