The necrogeography of pet memorial spaces: pets as liminal family members in contemporary Japan

This article investigates how pets are included or excluded in the human necral landscapes of contemporary Japan. Their placement in mortuary spaces reflects the pets' paradoxical position as hybrids between humans and other nonhuman animals. Since the beginning of the pet boom in the 1990s, a...

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Auteur principal: Ambros, Barbara 1968- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Taylor & Francis [2010]
Dans: Material religion
Année: 2010, Volume: 6, Numéro: 3, Pages: 304-335
Sujets non-standardisés:B Liminality
B memorial tablet (ihai)
B joint-species burial
B necrogreography
B pet memorial rites (petto kuyo)
B pet cemetery (petto reien)
B Cremation
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