Being Dead Otherwise

by Anne Allison

Book Overview

With an aging population, declining marriage and childbirth rates, and a rise in single households, more Japanese are living and dying alone. Many dead are no longer buried in traditional ancestral graves where descendants would tend their spirits, and individuals are increasingly taking on mortuary preparation for themselves. In Being Dead Otherwise Anne Allison examines the emergence of new death practices in Japan as the old customs of mortuary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478019840
• ISBN13: 9781478019848
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"