The emergence of "pets as family" and the socio-historical development of pet funerals in Japan

Anthrozoos

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-346

  Veldkamp, Elmer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

D butsu ku o; Japan; Memorial service for animals; Pet as family; Pet cemetery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMMERCIALIZATION; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; FIELD SURVEY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70449094877     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279309X12538695316103     Document Type: Article

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