Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea: The Business of Death

By Gil-Soo Han

Book Overview

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Literature review and theoretical perspectives.- Chapter 3. Economic, social and familial shifts in contemporary South Korea.- Chapter 4. An analysis of four movies dealing with funeral rites in Korea.- Chapter 5. Funeral and media-saturated world: An analysis of advertisements.- Chapter 6. The rise, fraud and fall of funeral service conglomerates: topics and concerns in investigative journalism.- Chapter 7. Grassroots concerns: an analysis of service user's bulletins boards.- Chapter 8. Ossuary: social class in the afterlife.- Chapter 9. Concluding remarks.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811378517
• ISBN13: 9789811378515
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"