{"product_id":"spirits-and-animism-in-contemporary-fabio-rambelli-9781350200548","title":"Spirits and Animism in Contemporary Japan: The Invisible Empire","description":"This book draws attention to a striking aspect of contemporary Japanese culture: the prevalence of discussions and representations of \"spirits\" (\u003ci\u003etama\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003etamashii\u003c\/i\u003e). Ancestor cults have played a central role in Japanese culture and religion for many centuries; in recent decades, however, other phenomena have expanded and diversified the realm of Japanese animism. For example, many manga, anime, TV shows, literature, and art works deal with spirits, ghosts, or with an invisible dimension of reality. International contributors ask to what extent these are cultural forms created by the media for consumption, rather than manifestations of \"traditional\" ancestral spirituality in their adaptations to contemporary society. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spirits and Animism in Contemporary Japan\u003c\/i\u003e considers the modes of representations and the possible cultural meanings of spirits, as well as the metaphysical implications of contemporary Japanese ideas about spirits. The chapters offer analyses of specific cases of \"animistic attitudes\" in which the presence of spirits and spiritual forces is alleged, and attempt to trace cultural genealogies of those attitudes. In particular, they present various modes of representation of spirits (in contemporary art, architecture, visual culture, cinema, literature, diffuse spirituality) while at the same time addressing their underlying intellectual and religious assumptions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fabio Rambelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350200549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350200548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d","brand":"Fabio Rambelli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978621190399,"sku":"9781350200548","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4bd49e6-04bf-45e7-bc99-df46ff8795dc.jpg?v=1683242371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spirits-and-animism-in-contemporary-fabio-rambelli-9781350200548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}