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A galaxy of immortal women : the yin side of Chinese civilization

Title
A galaxy of immortal women : the yin side of Chinese civilization / Brian Griffith.
Author
Griffith, Brian.
Publication
  • New York : Exterminating Angel Press, [2012]
  • ©2012

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Description
vii, 317 pages : illustrations; 19 cm
Summary
Touching on the whole story of China--from Neolithic villages to a globalized Shanghai--this book ties mythology, archaeology, history, religion, folklore, literature, and journalism into a millennia-spanning story about how Chinese women--and their goddess traditions--fostered a counterculture that flourishes and grows stronger every day. As Brian Griffith charts the stories of China's founding mothers, shamanesses, goddesses, and ordinary heroines, he also explores the largely untold story of women's contributions to cultural life in the world's biggest society and provides inspiration for all global citizens.
Alternative Title
Yin side of Chinese civilization
Subject
  • Goddesses > History
  • Women > China > History
  • Civilization
  • Goddesses
  • Women
  • Göttin
  • Frau
  • Kultur
  • Femmes > Chine > Histoire
  • Déesses > Chine > Histoire
  • China > Civilization
  • China
  • China
  • Chine > Civilisation
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical notes and index.
Contents
How a Texan Man Became an Admirer of Chinese Goddesses -- The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization -- The Legendary Age of the Goddess -- The Original Partnership of Sexes -- Deities of Living Lands and Seas -- The Goddess Realms of Prehistoric China -- Confucian Myths of the Golden Age -- The Fall of Chinese Women -- The Goddesses' Outlaws -- Women's Powers in Popular Daoism -- How Women Changed Buddhism in China and Tibet -- Confucianism as a Cult of "Mamas' Boys" -- Family Values in the Warlord Age, and Now -- Goddess religions of the modern and planetary age.
ISBN
  • 9781935259145
  • 1935259148
  • 9781935259152 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2011940574
OCLC
  • ocn756581548
  • 756581548
  • SCSB-1658327
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library