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Miracles of book and body Buddhist textual culture and medieval Japan

Title
Miracles of book and body [electronic resource] : 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
1 online resource (xviii, 269 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Buddhisms ; 10
Uniform Title
Miracles of book and body (Online)
Alternative Title
Miracles of book and body (Online)
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.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2010013953
OCLC
ssj0000471380
Author
Eubanks, Charlotte D. (Charlotte Diane), 1971-
Title
Miracles of book and body [electronic resource] : Buddhist textual culture and medieval Japan / Charlotte c Eubanks.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Series
Buddhisms ; 10
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-256) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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