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Miracles of book and body : Buddhist textual culture and medieval Japan

Title
Miracles of book and body : Buddhist textual culture and medieval Japan / Charlotte c Eubanks.
Author
Eubanks, Charlotte D. (Charlotte Diane), 1971-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

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Description
xviii, 269 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Buddhisms ; 10
Uniform Title
Buddhisms.
Subject
  • Buddhist literature, Japanese > History and criticism
  • Folk literature, Japanese > History and criticism
  • Books and reading > Religious aspects > Buddhism
  • Buddhism > Japan > History > 1185-1600
  • Movement, Psychology of > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-256) and index.
Contents
Introduction: the cult of the book and the culture of text -- The ontology of sutras -- Locating setsuwa in performance -- Decomposing bodies, composing texts -- Textual transubstantiation and the place of memory -- Conclusion: on circumambulatory reading.
Call Number
JFE 12-4303
ISBN
  • 9780520265615 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520265610 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010013953
OCLC
606234953
Author
Eubanks, Charlotte D. (Charlotte Diane), 1971-
Title
Miracles of book and body : Buddhist textual culture and medieval Japan / Charlotte c Eubanks.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Series
Buddhisms ; 10
Buddhisms.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-256) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-4303
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