Miracles of book and body

Eubanks, Charlotte D. 1971-

Miracles of book and body Buddhist textual culture and medieval Japan / [electronic resource] : Charlotte c Eubanks. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - Buddhisms ; 10 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-256) 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.

BQ1029.J32 / E93 2011

294/EUB / 3852