Becoming Guanyin by Yuhang Assistant Professor Li

Columbia University Press
Becoming Guanyin by Yuhang Assistant Professor Li
Product Specifications
  • Title: Becoming Guanyin by Yuhang Assistant Professor Li
  • Author: Yuhang Assistant Professor Li
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • History of art art & design styles
  • No. of pages: 312
  • Dimensions (approx. mm): 181 x 292 x 20

Product Description

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.