edited by Maria Rodríguez del Alisal, Peter Ackermann and Dolores P. Martinez.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxi, 184 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Japan anthropology workshop series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Pilgrimages, paths and places -- Reconstructing the quest -- The quest for the magic, liminal or non-ordinary -- The quest for vocational fulfilment.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book examines pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters with the sacred, in a variety of interesting dimensions in both historical and contemporary Japanese culture.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Pilgrimages and spiritual quests in Japan.
International Standard Book Number
9780415323185
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Pilgrims and pilgrimages-- Japan.
Self-knowledge, Theory of.
Self-perception.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
RELIGION-- Reference.
Self-knowledge, Theory of.
Self-perception.
Wallfahrt
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Japan, Religious life and customs.
Japan
Japan.
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7
7
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
REL-- 054000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
203/
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50952
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
BL2211
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P5
Book number
P55
2007eb
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Ackermann, Peter,1947-
Martinez, D. P., (Dolores P.),1957-
Rodríguez del Alisal, Ma. Dolores, (María Dolores)