Miracles of Book and Body : Buddhist Textual Culture and Medieval Japan /

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" ... the first book to explore the intersection of two key genres of sacred literature in medieval Japan: sutras, or sacred Buddhist texts, and setsuwa, or "explanatory tales," used in sermons and collected in written compilations. For most of East Asia, Buddhist sutras were written...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eubanks, Charlotte D. (Charlotte Diane), 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Folk literature, Japanese
Buddhist literature, Japanese
Buddhism
Books and reading > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Movement, Psychology of > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Litterature populaire japonaise > Histoire et critique.
Psychomotricite > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Litterature bouddhique japonaise > Histoire et critique.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Histoire > 1185-1600.
Livres et lecture > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Buddhism > Japan > History > 1185-1600.
Folk literature, Japanese > History and criticism.
Buddhist literature, Japanese > History and criticism.
Japan
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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