Ghosts and The Japanese: Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends
Ghosts and The Japanese: Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends
by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken
Utah State University Press, 1994 Paper: 978-0-87421-179-5 | eISBN: 978-0-87421-379-9 (all) Library of Congress Classification GR340.I868 1994 Dewey Decimal Classification 398.2095205
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Barre Toelken was a longtime director of the Utah State University Folklore Program. He also held positions on the Folk Arts Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, and in the American Folklore Society, Western Folklife Center, and American Folklife Center. He has edited Northwest Folklore, the Journal of American Folklore, and Western Folklore.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword
Hufford,
David
Preface
Part I:
An Introduction to the Left Stairway
Part II:
Death Customs in Contemporary Japan
Suggested Reading and Related Resources
Part III:
Japanese Death Legends and Vernacular Culture
Mothers and Children
Revenge and Anger
Omens
Ghosts at Sea
Passions
Epilogue
Sources and Notes
Suggested Reading
Bibliography
Index
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