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The ghost festival in medieval China
- Title
- The ghost festival in medieval China / by Stephen F. Teiser.
- Author
- Teiser, Stephen F.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1988], ©1988.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | BQ5720.U6 T45 1988 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 275 pages; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-263) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The prehistory of the ghost festival -- An episodic history of the ghost festival in medieval China -- The mythological background -- Mu-lien as shaman -- The cosmology of the ghost festival -- Buddhism and the family -- Concluding perspectives.
- ISBN
- 0691055254 (alk. paper)
- 9780691055251 (alk. paper)
- 0691026777 (pbk.)
- 9780691026770 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 87025852
- OCLC
- ocm16805986
- 16805986
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries