Becoming Guanyin: Artistic Devotion Of Buddhist Women In Late Imperial China
by Yuhang Li /
2019 / English / PDF
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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.
