Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea The Business of Death /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Han, Gil-Soo (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: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Area studies.; Mass media.; Communication.; Ethnology-Asia.; International business enterprises.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Motion pictures-Asia.; Area Studies.; Media Sociology.; Asian Culture.; Asian Business.; Asian Cinema and TV.

This book explores 21st century Korean society on the basis of its dramatically transforming and rapidly expanding commercial funeral industry. With insights into contemporary Confucianism, shamanism and filial piety, as well as modernisation, urbanisation, the division of labour and the digitalisat...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.