{"product_id":"being-dead-otherwise-paperback","title":"Being Dead Otherwise - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Allison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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 \u003ci\u003eBeing Dead Otherwise\u003c\/i\u003e Anne Allison examines the emergence of new death practices in Japan as the old customs of mortuary care are coming undone. She outlines the proliferation of new industries, services, initiatives, and businesses that offer alternative means---ranging from automated graves, collective grave sites, and crematoria to one-stop mortuary complexes and robotic priests---for tending to the dead. These new burial and ritual practices provide alternatives to long-standing traditions of burial and commemoration of the dead. In charting this shifting ecology of death, Allison outlines the potential of these solutions to radically reorient sociality in Japan in ways that will impact how we think about the end of life, identity, tradition, and culture in Japan and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Allison is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University and author of \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press, \u003ci\u003eMillennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.98 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153284698247,"sku":"9781478019848","price":42.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cf5a3893853f8175a3e78781785bce5f.webp?v=1733220439","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/being-dead-otherwise-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}