Looming large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan, the sacred mountain Ōyama had, by the Edo period, gone from secluded spiritual retreat to popular pilgrimage destination. Its importance was not lost on the Tokugawa shogunate, who saw in it an opportunity to rein…
Towering over the Kanto Plain, the sacred mountain Oyama (literally, "Big Mountain") has loomed large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan." "By the Edo period (1600-1868), the revered peak had undergone a transformation from secluded spiritual retreat to popular p…
Towering over the Kanto Plain, the sacred mountain Oyama (literally, "Big Mountain") has loomed large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan." "By the Edo period (1600-1868), the revered peak had undergone a transformation from secluded spiritual retreat to popular p…
"Towering over the Kanto Plain, the sacred mountain Oyama (literally, "Big Mountain") has loomed large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan." "By the Edo period (1600-1868), the revered peak had undergone a transformation from secluded spiritual retreat to popular …
Handbook of historical animal studies
by Krüger, Gesine, Mizelle, Brett, Ito, Takashi, Weber, Nadir, Howell, Philip, Brantz, Dorothee, Benson, Etienne, Alves, Abel A., Ambros, Barbara, Ash, Mitchell G., Boswell, Anna, Chakrabarti, Aritri, Cockram, Sarah D. P., Cowie, Helen, (Helen Louise), Davis, Janet M., Dean, Joanna, (Professor), Förschler, Silke, Gardiner, Andrew, Hauser, Julia, Hediger, Ryan, Heintzman, Kit, Hill, Erica, Hübner, Andreas, Hüntelmann, Axel C., Kalof, Linda, Krebber, André, Lang, Heinrich, Leiderer, Annette, McLauchlan, Laura, Miller, Ian Jared, Ohrem, Dominik, Roscher, Mieke, Settele, Veronika, Skabelund, Aaron Herald, Swart, Sandra Scott, Tait, Peta, Wells, Andrew, Wöbse, Anna-Katharina, Zelinger, Amir
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The handbook provides a comprehensive evaluation of approaches, topics and research areas of the rapidly developing field of Historical Animal Studies. The so called 'animal turn' specifically inspired new takes on writing history. This upsurge in research has led to immense amo…
Order, karma, and kinship : animals in Japanese history and culture -- Masking commodification and sacralizing consumption : the emergence of animal memorial rites -- Pets, death, and taxes : the legal boundaries of religion -- Embodying hybridity : the necrogeography of pet mem…