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The ghost festival in medieval China

Title
The ghost festival in medieval China / by Stephen F. Teiser.
Author
Teiser, Stephen F.
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1988], ©1988.
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Description
xvii, 275 pages; 25 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-263) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The prehistory of the ghost festival -- An episodic history of the ghost festival in medieval China -- The mythological background -- Mu-lien as shaman -- The cosmology of the ghost festival -- Buddhism and the family -- Concluding perspectives.
ISBN
  • 0691055254 (alk. paper)
  • 9780691055251 (alk. paper)
  • 0691026777 (pbk.)
  • 9780691026770 (pbk.)
LCCN
87025852
OCLC
  • ocm16805986
  • 16805986
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Columbia University Libraries