Becoming Guanyin: Artistic Devotion of Buddhist Women in Late Imperial China

Author/Contributor(s):	Li, Yuhang
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	05/03/2022
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.