Origin Narratives : Reading and Reverence in Late Ming China /

In this dissertation, I examine a genre of commercially-published, illustrated hagiographical books. Recounting the life stories of some of China’s most beloved cultural icons, from Confucius to Guanyin, I term these hagiographical books “origin narratives” (chushen zhuan 出身傳). Weaving a plethora of...

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Main Author: Ganany, Noga
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.?] : [publisher not identified], 2018
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