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Ghosts and the Japanese: cultural experience in Japanese death legends

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dc.contributor.authorIwasaka, Michiko, author
dc.contributor.authorToelken, Barre, author
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:45:30Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:45:30Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.description.tableofcontentsForeword / David Hufford -- 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.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/87812
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUtah State University Press
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshFolklore -- Japan
dc.subject.lcshDeath -- Japan -- Folklore
dc.subject.lcshDeath -- Social aspects -- Japan
dc.subject.lcshLegends -- Japan -- History and criticism
dc.subject.lcshFuneral rites and ceremonies -- Japan
dc.subject.lcshJapan -- Social life and customs
dc.titleGhosts and the Japanese: cultural experience in Japanese death legends
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