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"Provides new information on funerary practices in East Asia's largest cities in which spatial constraints and the secularization of lifestyles are driving innovation. It reveals common trends in Japan, China and Korea, and addresses emerging challenges such as urban sustainability and growing social inequities."--Publisher's description.

List of contents

Introduction, Natacha Aveline-Dubach
Chapter 1: Creative Destruction-The Shattering of the Family Grave System in Japan, Natacha Aveline-Dubach
Chapter 2: The Experience of Death in Japan's Urban Societies, Katsumi Shimane
Chapter 3: Emerging Burial Spaces and Rituals in Urban Japan, Fabienne Duteil-Ogata
Chapter 4: The Revival of the Funeral Industry in Shanghai: A Model for China, Natacha Aveline-Dubach
Chapter 5: Dealing with the Dead: Funerary Rites in Contemporary Shanghai, Maylis Bellocq
Chapter 6: Traditional Funerary Rites Facing Urban Explosion in Guangzhou, Yukihiro Kawaguchi
Chapter 7: Cremation's Success in Korea: Old Beliefs and Renewed Social Distinctions, Elise Prebin
Chapter 8: Funerary Sites in Seoul: A History Marked by Colonial Experience, Ryohei Takamura
Chapter 9: Overview of Korea's Funeral Industry, Shi-Dug Kim
Conclusion

About the author

Edited by Natacha Aveline-Dubach - Contributions by Maylis Bellocq; Kim Shi Dug; Fabienne Duteil-Ogata; Yukihiro Kawaguchi; Elise Prebin; Katsumi Shimane and Ryokei Takamura

Summary

This book provides new information on funerary practices in East Asia’s largest cities in which spatial constraints and the secularization of lifestyles are driving innovation. It reveals common trends in Japan, China and Korea, and addresses emerging challenges such as urban sustainability and growing social inequities.

Product details

• Authors: Natacha Aveline-Dubach
• Assisted by: Natacha Aveline-Dubach (Editor), Aveline-Dubach Natacha (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2014
• EAN: 9780739190906
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9090-6
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Soziologie: Sterben und Tod, Sociology, Ostasien, Ferner Osten, Einzel- und Großhandel, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban Sociology, East Asia, Far East, Urban communities, Asian Culture, Sociology: death and dying, Hospitality and service industries, Sociology: Death & Dying, Service industries, international studies, Asian Studies