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Shichigosan

Change and Continuity of a Family Ritual in Contemporary Urban Japan

Melinda Papp (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

299 Seiten

2016 | 2016 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-92985-6 (ISBN)

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This book presents a case study of shichigosan, an extremely popular childhood family ritual in contemporary Japan. It is an interesting example of a custom with very ancient roots (going back to the tenth century), that has undergone several transformations during the course of its history, adapting to changing socio-economic and cultural circumstances. Within the study, the ritual unfolds as a shared platform where basic social values, views on children and family life, and individual perceptions emerge, are expressed and moulded at the same time. This book offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of a ritual practice in the intensely urbanized context of present-day Japan.

Melinda Papp is Assistant Professor in Japanese Culture and Society at the Department of Japanese Studies, Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE) University, Hungary. She has published on themes concerning Japanese folklore religious beliefs, modern patterns of family rituals, and consumption. She has edited the volume Encounters with Japan: Japanese Studies in the Visegrad Four Countries.

Introduction Chapter One: The study of ritual in contemporary urban society Chapter Two: Consumption and ritual Chapter Three: Consumer culture and changes to the ritual calendar in postwar urban Japan Chapter Four: Shichigosan: The history of a Japanese childhood rite of passage Chapter Five: Business sector, media and religious institutions Chapter Six: Constructing the ritual: dress, photographs, actors, and script Conclusion: Children, women, and families: Creating a ritual for one and all Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.6.2016
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
Zusatzinfo	5 colour illustrations, biography
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-349-92985-9 / 1349929859
ISBN-13	978-1-349-92985-6 / 9781349929856
Zustand	Neuware