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Podcast: New Books in Anthropology
Episode: Anne Allison, "Being Dead Otherwise" (Duke UP, 2023)
Description: In contemporary Japan, death isnât what it used to be. Anne Allisonâs Being Dead Otherwise (Duke UP, 2023) examines the changing realities of death as a personal and social phenomenon and an opportunity for business innovation and âself-death making.â Factors including the worldâs oldest population, declining childbirth rates, and a growing number of single households mean that more Japanese are living and dying alone. Changed social and familial structures have upended some of the foundational bonds that previously defined what it meant to live, die, care for the dead, and be cared for in your own turn. Allison explo...