Becoming Guanyin : : Artistic Devotion of Buddhist Women in Late Imperial China / / Yuhang Li.

The goddess Guanyin began in India as the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, originally a male deity. He gradually became indigenized as a female deity in China over the span of nearly a millennium. By the Ming (1358-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) periods, Guanyin had become the most popular female deity in Ch...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020]
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Anno di pubblicazione:2020
Lingua:English
Serie:Premodern East Asia: New Horizons
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Sommario:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Introduction: Gendered Materialization of Guanyin
  • [ 1 ] Dancing Guanyin: The Transformative Body and Buddhist Courtesans
  • [ 2 ] Painting Guanyin with Brush and Ink: Negotiating Confucianism and Buddhism
  • [ 3 ] Embroidering Guanyin with Hair: Efficacious Pain and Skill
  • [ 4 ] Mimicking Guanyin with Hairpins: Jewelry as a Means of Transcendence
  • Conclusion: From Home to Temple and Court: Restaging Women's Devotional Objects
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index