Beyond Mitigation: The Emotional Functions of Natural Disaster Folklore in Japan
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu14369226222021-08-03T06:32:07Z Beyond Mitigation: The Emotional Functions of Natural Disaster Folklore in Japan Jania, Alexander Edward Asian Studies History Folklore Folklore Emotion Morality Religion Natural Disaster History Environmental History Japan Tsunami Earthquake In contemporary Japan folk and religious explanations of natural disasters, rooted in pre-modern beliefs about the environment, continue to persist despite the understanding of modern day science. Previous scholars have examined these folk/religious beliefs in relation to their ongoing effects on scientific fields like seismology, and their continued influence has been characterized as ahistorical and detrimental. However, scholars have not asked the important question of why these beliefs continue to have cultural currency. Through examining pre-modern Japanese literature, early modern print culture, and the modern folktale “The Rice Bale Fire,” I argue that the continuity of folk and religious explanations of disasters is due to their emotional functions as coping mechanisms for an unpredictable and destructive natural environment. Natural disaster folklore achieves this by being both a vehicle for the portrayal of, as well as a tool utilized in, moral emotional practices. Ultimately this indicates, like modern science, culture was used to order and understand nature and humanity’s relationship to it. 2015-09-01 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1436922622 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1436922622 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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