Shichigosan: Change and Continuity of a Family Ritual in Contemporary Urban Japan
Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- References -- The Study of Ritual in Contemporary Urban Society -- Terminology -- Approaches to the Study of Ritual -- Rites of Passage -- 'Temporality' of Ritual Practice -- Ritual in Urban Modern Context -- F...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Papp, Melinda: Shichigosan : Change and Continuity of a Family Ritual in Contemporary Urban Japan. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan US,c2016. - 9781137565372 |
| Summary: | Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- References -- The Study of Ritual in Contemporary Urban Society -- Terminology -- Approaches to the Study of Ritual -- Rites of Passage -- 'Temporality' of Ritual Practice -- Ritual in Urban Modern Context -- Family Ritual -- References -- Consumption and Ritual -- Scholarship on Consumption -- History and Consumption -- Marketplace and Consumption -- Consumption Theory and Ritual Studies -- Case Study of a Western Ritual Practice -- References Consumer Culture and Changes to the Ritual Calendar in Postwar Urban Japan -- Consumption and Its Socioeconomic Foundations -- Japanese Consumer Culture -- Consumption and Gender -- Culture and Consumption -- Change to the Postwar Ritual Calendar -- New Year Celebrations -- Christmas -- Valentine's Day -- Other Case Studies of Rituals -- 'Lost Traditions' Versus 'Continuity'? -- References -- Shichigosan: The History of a Japanese Childhood Rite of Passage -- Early History of the Ritual -- Numbers and Their Meaning -- Childhood Rites of Passage in the Rural Tradition The Rise of the Urban Pattern -- Standardization of the Edo Pattern and Its Diffusion -- Urban Pattern as Reflected in the Epoch's Dailies -- Trends in the Fashion of Festive Wear in the Interwar Period -- References -- Business Sector, Media, and Religious Institutions -- Postwar Diffusion and the Beginnings of Commercialization -- Criticism and Reform Campaigns -- The Rise of the 'shichigosan Industry' -- The Celebration Costs -- Diversification and Plurality -- The Role of the Media -- The Multiple Function of Religious Institutions -- Case Study: Meiji Jingū 'Religious' Ritual Versus 'Secular' Ritual? -- References -- Constructing the Ritual: Dress, Photographs, Actors, and Script -- Multiple Meanings of the Dress -- Dress and the Notion of 'Tradition' -- Dress Patterns and Colors -- Dress and the Notion of 'Family' -- Chitoseame, the Shichigosan Gift -- The Festive Menu and the Rite of Goban -- Food -- Goban no gi -- The Emergence of the Photograph -- Photo Studios and the Fragmentation of the Ritual Event -- Memories, Photograph, and Kinship Relations -- Ritual Roles: Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents, and the Child -- Mothers Fathers and Other Kin (Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles) -- Child -- Ritual Script and the Transmission of Ritual Knowledge -- References -- Conclusion: Children, Women, and Families-Creating a Ritual for One and All -- References -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 1137565373 |