Becoming Guanyin : artistic devotion of Buddhist women in late imperial China /

"The goddess Guanyin began in India as the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, originally a male deity. He gradually became indigenized as a female deity in China over the span of nearly a millennium. By the Ming (1358-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) periods, Guanyin had become the most popular female deit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Li, Yuhang (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Series:Premodern East Asia--New horizons.
Subjects:
Avalokiteśvara > (Buddhist deity)
Buddhist women.
Women in Buddhism.
Femmes bouddhistes.
Femmes dans le bouddhisme.
ART > Asian > Chinese.
Buddhist women
Women in Buddhism
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dancing Guanyin: the transformative body and Buddhist courtesans
  • Painting Guanyin with brush and ink: negotiating Confucianism and Buddhism
  • Embroidering Guanyin with hair: efficacious pain and skill
  • Mimicking Guanyin with hairpins: jewelry as a means of transcendence
  • Conclusion: from home to temple and court: restaging women's devotional objects.

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