The Japanese Culture of Mourning Whales Whale Graves and Memorial Monuments in Japan /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Itoh, Mayumi (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Ethnology.; Ethnology-Asia.; Japan-History.; Asia-Politics and government.; Environmental sociology.; Social Anthropology.; Asian Culture.; History of Japan.; Asian Politics.; Environmental Sociology.

This book provides an in-depth study of Japanese whaling culture, emphasizing how the Japanese have considered whales and whaling in relation to their understanding of nature and religion. It examines why and how the Japanese have mourned the deaths of whales, treating them as if they were human bei...