TY - BOOK AU - Ambros,Barbara ED - Project Muse. TI - Bones of contention: animals and religion in contemporary Japan SN - 9780824837204 AV - BQ5030.D4+ PY - 2012/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaiʻi Press KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Japan KW - Buddhist memorial rites and ceremonies KW - Pets KW - Funeral customs and rites KW - Death KW - Religious aspects KW - Buddhism KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 memorial spaces -- Vengeful spirits or loving spiritual companions? : changing views of pet spirits UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780824837204/ ER -