The Practice of Concern: Ritual, Well-Being, and Aging in Rural Japan

by John W. Traphagan and Pamela J. Stewart

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The Practice of Concern: Ritual, Well-Being, and Aging in Rural Japan explores ideas and practices related to religious ritual and health among older people in northern Japan. Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork, Traphagan considers various forms of ritual performance and contextualizes these in terms of private and public spheres of activity. An important theme of the book is that for Japanese the expression of concern about...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:089089406X

ISBN13:9780890894064

Release Date:November 2004

Publisher:Carolina Academic Press

Length:229 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

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Aging Asia Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Japan Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks

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