cover of Nature, Ritual, and Society in Japan's Ryukyu Islands

Nature, Ritual, and Society in Japan's Ryukyu Islands

By Arne Røkkum

Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series 

List Price: $34.00

Add to Cart

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Commuted Landscapes and Species 2. Person and Island 3. Cyclical Lapses 4. Fateful Exchanges. Conclusion

Customers who bought Nature, Ritual, and Society in Japan's Ryukyu Islands also bought:
cover of Dismantling the East-West Dichotomy

Dismantling the East-West Dichotomy

Essays in Honour of Jan van Bremen

Joy Hendry, Heung Wah Wong

It has been customary in the appraisal of the different approaches to the study of Japan anthropology to invoke an East-West dichotomy positing hegemonic ‘Western’...

Published 8/1/2006 | 978-0-415-39738-4

more information about Dismantling the East-West Dichotomy

cover of A Japanese View of Nature

A Japanese View of Nature

The World of Living Things by Kinji Imanishi

Kinji Imanishi, Pamela J Asquith

Although Seibutsu no Sekai (The World of Living Things), the seminal 1941 work of Kinji Imanishi, had an enormous impact in Japan, both on scholars...

Published 9/5/2002 | 978-0-7007-1632-6

more information about A Japanese View of Nature

Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan

Peter Ackermann, Dolores Martinez, Maria Rodriguez del Alisal

This exciting new book is a detailed examination of pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters...

Published 8/31/2008 | 978-0-415-48133-5

more information about Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan