| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 269 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Buddhisms ; 10
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Buddhisms ; 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
" ... 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 in classical Chinese and inaccessible to many devotees. How, then, did such devotees access these texts? Charlotte D. Eubanks argues that the medieval genre of "explanatory tales" illuminates the link between human body (devotee) and sacred text (sutra). Her highly original approach to understanding Buddhist textuality focuses on the sensual aspects of religious experience and also looks beyond Japan to explore pre-modern book history, practices of preaching, miracles of reading, and the Mahayana Buddhist "cult of the book"."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Buddhist literature, Japanese -- History and criticism.
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Buddhist literature, Japanese. |
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Folk literature, Japanese -- History and criticism.
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Folk literature, Japanese. |
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Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. |
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Movement, Psychology of -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Movement, Psychology of -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. |
| Chronological Term |
1185 - 1600 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eubanks, Charlotte D. (Charlotte Diane), 1971- Miracles of book and body. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520265615 (DLC) 2010013953 (OCoLC)606234953 |
| ISBN |
9780520947894 (electronic book) |
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0520947894 (electronic book) |
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9780520265615 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0520265610 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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