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The Legend of Miaoshan (Oxford Oriental Monographs)
The Legend of Miaoshan - Oxford Oriental Monographs
Author: Glen Dudbridge
The tale of a devout Buddhist girl who separates from her family and through suffering and death finally achieves divine status is a myth of religious celibacy, of filial piety, and of ritual salvation of the dead. It also presents a major symbol of the tension in women's lives between individual spiritual fulfillment and the imperatives of fami...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199266715
ISBN-10: 0199266719
Publication Date: 4/15/2004
Pages: 176
Edition: Revised
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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