Book (Practical) Manners and customs, folklore and ethnology Introduction to Modern Folklore / Yasunori Shimamura

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Manners and Customs, Folklore, and Ethnology
[Introduction to the Contents]
Why are there slippers in the toilet? Why are there chopsticks in the crematorium? The hint was in folklore studies. Using the knowledge of folklore studies, we take up various questions and topics lurking in various parts of the world today, from Midami on the Internet to LGBTQIA +, and explain them in an easy-to-understand way with abundant illustrations. Folklore studies were a living study that can be used even in modern society!
[Contents]
Chapter 1 : Everyday Reasons
1. What is the purpose of Jichinsai for living?
Steps at the entrance and toilet slippers
Why don't you step on the threshold?
What happens if you don't clean up?
Feng Shui (Feng Shui) Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Feng Shui, Did it come from?
4. Winter : Why "Labor Appreciation" is in November
Why we take yuzu bath on the Winter Solstice
Why we take yuzu bath on Christmas Eve
Column 2. How field work is done
Chapter 3 : Reasons in Life
1. Born : Ubuyu and Wakamizu
Whereabouts of the robe
How to name it
2. Growing : When people started to celebrate their birthdays
Why the coming-of-age ceremony is called the Seven Celebrations
3. Tied : Rap and Utagaki
What is Yuino?
What is Potlatch as a rite of passage
Folklore of LGBTQIA +
4. Old : Why they wear red on the Kanreki
> What is Inkyo?
What is the purpose of Yuino?
What is Potlatch for weddings
Appearance of Folklore of Nursing Care
5. Journey to the other world : Where funerals and priests come from
What is Inkyo?
Why "old people 1967 Mama bicycle Gion Matsuri Zenyasai Kwansei Gakuin University Zoni Soup Chimaki monthly installment field work 』 Grab bag Origuchi Midami Midami 『 』 『 crematorium bon festival gift year-end gift