No-place, new places: Death and its rituals in urban Asia

No-place, new places: Death and its rituals in urban Asia

In many Asian cities, particularly those that confront increasing land scarcity, the conversion from burial to cremation has been encouraged by state agencies in the last several decades. From Hong Kong to Seoul to Singapore, planning agencies have sought to reduce the use of space for the dead, in...

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Main Author: KONG, Lily
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
Subjects:
Qingming festival
Necrogeographies
Columbaria
Virtual space
Netor
Asian Studies
Human Geography
Place and Environment
Urban Studies
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2705
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3962/viewcontent/No_place_new_places_death_rituals_2017_afv.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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