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Contemporary Japan 32, No. 1

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2020, ISSN: 1869-2729 [Order]

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Contemporary Japan 32, No. 1

Contemporary Japan 32, No. 1

Content

Waldenberger, Franz
Message from the editor
p.1

Biontino, Juljan; Mladenova, Dorothea; Spoden, Celia
Governing death and dying in Japan and its colonies – From state control to self-optimization
pp. 2-5

Biontino, Juljan
Changes in funerary rites and burial practices in Modern Korea (1876–1945)
pp. 6-24

Han, Ri-Hye
Graveyard geomancy in Korea under Japanese rule – Focusing on the 1930s
pp. 25-42

Tainaka, Chizuru
The “improvement of funeral ceremonies” movement and the creation of “modern” Japanese subjects in Taiwan during Japanese rule
pp. 43-62

Spoden, Celia
Deciding one’s own death in advance: Biopower, living wills, and resistance to a legislation of death with dignity in Japan, Contemporary Japan
pp. 63-82

Dahl, Nils
Governing through kodokushi. Japan’s lonely deaths and their impact on community self-government
pp. 83-102

Mladenova, Dorothea
Optimizing one’s own death: The Shūkatsu industry and the enterprising self in a hyper-aged society
pp. 103-127

Kottmann, Nora
Intimacy and reproduction in contemporary Japan by Castro-Vázquez Genaro
pp. 141-144

Purkarthofer, Florian
An anthropology of the machine: Tokyo’s commuter train network by Michael Fisch
pp. 145-147