Becoming Guanyin : Artistic Devotion of Buddhist Women in Late Imperial China - 9780231190121

Yuhang Li examines how lay Buddhist women in late imperial China forged a connection with the subject of their devotion, arguing that women used their own bodies to echo that of Guanyin. She combines empirical research with theoretical insights from both art history and Buddhist studies.

• | : Yuhang Li (Assistant Professor)
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 18, 2020
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0231190123
• | ISBN-13: 9780231190121