With their graphic portrayals of the underworld; dramatization of Buddhist beliefs about death, salvation, and rebirth; and frank discussion of women's responsibility for sin, these texts provide detailed and powerful descriptions of popular religious beliefs and practices in late imperial China, especially as they relate to women.
Beata Grant is professor of Chinese language and literature at Washington University, and author of "Eminent Nuns: Woman Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China" and coauthor of "The Red Brush: Writing Women of Imperial China." Wilt L. Idema is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. His recent publications include "Meng Jiangnu Brings Down the Great Wall: Ten Versions of a Chinese Legend" and "Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Women's Script."
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With their graphic portrayals of the underworld; dramatization of Buddhist beliefs about death, salvation, and rebirth; and frank discussion of women's responsibility for sin, these texts provide detailed and powerful descriptions of popular religious beliefs and practices in late imperial China, especially as they relate to women.
Beata Grant is professor of Chinese language and literature at Washington University, and author of "Eminent Nuns: Woman Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China" and coauthor of "The Red Brush: Writing Women of Imperial China." Wilt L. Idema is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. His recent publications include "Meng Jiangnu Brings Down the Great Wall: Ten Versions of a Chinese Legend" and "Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Women's Script."
Imprint | University of Washington Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | November 2011 |
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First published | November 2011 |
Translators | Beata Grant, Wilt L. Idema |
Dimensions | 229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards |
Pages | 368 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-295-99119-1 |
Barcode | 9780295991191 |
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LSN | 0-295-99119-4 |