Shichigosan : change and continuity of a family ritual in contemporary urban Japan / Melinda Papp.
Papp, Melinda, author.; École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
2016
BL2211.R5 .P377 2016
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Title
Shichigosan : change and continuity of a family ritual in contemporary urban Japan / Melinda Papp.
Author
Papp, Melinda, author.
ISBN
1137565381
9781137565389
9781137565372
1137565373
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56538-9
Published
[New York, New York] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (271 pages)
Item Number
10.1057/978-1-137-56538-9 doi
Call Number
BL2211.R5 .P377 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.850952
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Palgrave studies in urban anthropology.
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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
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