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The Price of Death: The Funeral Industry in Contemporary Japan
Hikaru Suzuki
The Price of Death: The Funeral Industry in Contemporary Japan
Hikaru Suzuki
Funerary practices are a classic topic of anthropological inquiry, which has tended to focus on death rituals as expressions and reinforcers of community ties and values. In this book, the author looks at funerals as an urban business, based on her fieldwork at a large Japanese funeral company.
280 pages, 15 half-tones
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 1, 2002 |
ISBN13 | 9780804735612 |
Publishers | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 280 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 21 mm · 499 g |