01368nam a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001260001000042100001300052700001600065245008700081856014600168520087300314020004701187                                       d  bBrill1 aE. Porcu1 aM.D. Foster00aMatsuri and Religion: Complexity, Continuity, and Creativity in Japanese Festivals  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85141602537&doi=10.1163%2f9789004466548&partnerID=40&md5=4f4c4c15fabddd19e223cb6d3dc03ad33 aBringing together the innovative work of scholars from a variety of disciplines,  Matsuri and Religion explores festivals in Japan through their interconnectedness to religious life in both urban and rural communities. Each chapter, informed by extensive ethnographic engagement, focuses on a specific festival to unpack the role of religion in collective ritualized activities. With attention to contemporary performance and historical transformation, the study sheds light on understandings of change, identity and community, as well as questions regarding intangible cultural heritage, tourism, and the intersection of religion with politics. Read as a whole, the volume provides a uniquely multi-sited ethnographic, historical, and theoretical study, contributing to discourses on religion and festival/ritual/performance in Japan and elsewhere around the globe.  a9789004466548 (ISBN); 9789004466524 (ISBN)