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| Repetition and the Symbolic in Contemporary Japanese Ancestor Memorial Ritual | ||
| 作者 | Danely, Jason Allen (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Ritual Studies |
| 卷期 | v.26 n.1 Special Issue |
| 出版日期 | 2012 |
| 頁次 | 19 - 32 |
| 出版者 | Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.pitt.edu/~strather/journal.htm |
| 出版地 | Pittsburgh, PA, US [匹茲堡, 賓夕法尼亞州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Special Issue, The Study of Ancestors and Ancestor-Related Rituals |
| 摘要 | Ancestor memorial rituals, including mortuary ceremonies for the dead, periodic grave visits, practices at home altars, and the like, constitute the most popular form of religious participation in contemporary Japan, encompassing an increasingly diverse number of ritual forms. This article examines a common theoretical framework used to describe this diversity by categorizing rituals in terms of continuity vs. change or tradition vs. invention. This article proposes an alternate framework for understanding processes leading to the transformation of rituals like ancestor memorial. This framework is centered around the process of repetition and its role in the production of the symbolic. Drawing on the theoretical synthesis of Bourdieu and Lacan proposed by Steinmetz (2006), I argue that one benefit of looking at ritual from the perspective of repetition is the manner in which it highlights the role of symbolic capital as it impacts both the psychological experience of grief as well as social relationships based on mutual interdependence and generational succession. From the perspective of repetition, changes in ritual formed over time can be traced to actors' desires for preserving continuity of an underlying symbolic system, making it difficult to separate the ideas of change and continuity within the realm of practice. I illustrate the ways that this perspective gives insight into some forms of ritual memorial strategies within the context of the lived experiences of Japanese adults. Ancestor memorial, seen as an act of repetition, thus connects cognition and practice, pre-figuring both change and resilience while avoiding some of potential pitfalls of comparative studies based on limited categories of religious behaviors or institutions. |
| 目次 | Abstract 19 Introduction 19 Continuity and Change 20 (Not) Continuity, (Not) Change 23 Repetition and Return 25 Conclusion 28 Notes 29 References 30 Biographical Sketch 32 |
| ISSN | 08901112 (P) |
| 點閱次數 | 50 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.10.06 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.10.13 |
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