Eubanks, Charlotte D. 1971-

Miracles of book and body Buddhist textual culture and medieval Japan / [electronic resource] : Charlotte Eubanks. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xviii, 269 p.) : ill. - Buddhisms ; 10 . - Buddhisms. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Buddhist literature, Japanese--History and criticism.
Folk literature, Japanese--History and criticism.
Books and reading--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
Buddhism--History--Japan--1185-1600.
Movement, Psychology of--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
RELIGION / Buddhism / General


Electronic books.

BQ1029.J32 / E93 2011eb

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