The Legend of Miaoshan : Revised Edition.

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 individu...

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Main Author: Dudbridge, Glen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2004.
Series:Oxford Oriental monographs.
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