The Lady Of Linshui Pacifies Demons

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Goddesses, Chinese
ISBN : 0295748346

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The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons by Anonim Pdf

"The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons is a seventeenth-century novelistic account of the founding myth of the cult of the Lady of Linshui, the goddess of women, childbirth, and childhood, who is still venerated in Fujian, Taiwan, and other places in Southeast Asia. The goddess's story evolved from the life of Chen Jinggu in Ming dynasty Hunan and has taken the form of vernacular short fiction, legends, plays, sutras, and stele inscriptions at temples where she is worshipped. This "novel" was translated in consultation with Brigitte Baptandier, whose widely praised anthropological study of the goddess's popularity-The Lady of Linshui: A Chinese Female Cult-was published originally in French and later in English translation by Stanford University Press in 2008. Among accounts of goddesses in late imperial China, this work is unique in its focus on the physical aspects of womanhood, especially the dangers of childbirth. It is also unique in dramatizing the contradictory nature of divinities in China through narrating the parallel lives of Chen Jinggu and her spirit double/rival, the White Snake demon who is born as her twin, battles with her over the body of her husband, kills her through devouring her fetus, and finally becomes her spirit mount. This unabridged, annotated translation provides insights into late imperial Chinese religion, the lives of women in the period, and, more broadly, the structure of families and local society"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780295748368

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The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons by Anonim Pdf

The Lady of Linshui—the goddess of women, childbirth, and childhood—is still venerated in south China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Her story evolved from the life of Chen Jinggu in the eighth century and blossomed in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) into vernacular short fiction, legends, plays, sutras, and stele inscriptions at temples where she is worshipped. The full-length novel The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons narrates Chen Jinggu’s lifelong struggle with and eventual triumph over her spirit double and rival, the White Snake demon. Among accounts of goddesses in late imperial China, this work is unique in its focus on the physical aspects of womanhood, especially the dangers of childbirth, and in its dramatization of the contradictory nature of Chinese divinities. This unabridged, annotated translation provides insights into late imperial Chinese religion, the lives of women, and the structure of families and local society.

Author : Brigitte Baptandier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015077686577

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The Lady of Linshui by Brigitte Baptandier Pdf

This book is a detailed examination of a Chinese women's cult that confronts the dangers of pregnancy, childbirth, and childhood diseases.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : China
ISBN : MINN:31951P01146510N

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Journal of Chinese Religions by Anonim Pdf

Author : Scott Elliott
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780295804712

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Temple Grove by Scott Elliott Pdf

Deep in the heart of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula lies Temple Grove, one of the last stands of ancient Douglas fir not protected from logging. Bill Newton, a gyppo logger desperate for work and a place to hide, has come to Temple Grove for the money to be made from the timber. There to stop him is Paul, a young Makah environmentalist who will break the law to save the trees. A dangerous chase into the wilds of Olympic National Park ensues, revealing a long-hidden secret that inextricably links the two men. Temple Grove is a gripping tale of suspense and a multilayered novel of place that captures in taut, luminous prose the traditions that tie people to a powerful landscape and the conflicts that run deep among them. Reading guide: http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/books/TEMPLE_GROVE_reading_guide.pdf

Author : Peter K. Bol
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684176526

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Localizing Learning by Peter K. Bol Pdf

As the first intellectual history of Song, Yuan, and Ming China written from a local perspective, Localizing Learning shows how literati learning in Wuzhou came to encompass examination studies, Neo-Confucian moral philosophy, historical and Classical scholarship, encyclopedic learnedness, and literary writing, and traces how debates over the relative value of moral cultivation, cultural accomplishment, and political service unfolded locally. The book is set in one locality, Wuzhou (later Jinhua), a prefecture in China’s Zhejiang province, from the twelfth through the sixteenth century. Its main actors are literati of the Song, Yuan, and Ming, who created a local tradition of learning as a means of cementing their common identity and their claim to moral, political, and cultural leadership. Close readings of philosophical and literary texts with quantitative analysis of social and kinship networks consider why and how the local literati enterprise was built. By treating learning as the subject, it broadens our perspective, going beyond a history of ideas to investigate the social practices and networks of kinship and collegiality with which literati defined themselves in local, regional, and national contexts.

Author : Frank Chin
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Chinese Americans
ISBN : 0295958332

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The Chickencoop Chinaman ; And, The Year of the Dragon by Frank Chin Pdf

Author : Cathryn Josefina Merla-Watson,B. V. Olguín
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0895511630

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Altermundos by Cathryn Josefina Merla-Watson,B. V. Olguín Pdf

Speculative fiction--encompassing both science fiction and fantasy--has emerged as a dynamic field within Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, producing new critical vocabularies and approaches to topics that include colonialism and modernity, immigration and globalization, race and gender. As the first collection engaging Chicana/o and Latina/o speculative cultural production, Altermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture provides a comprehensive alternative to the view of speculative fiction as a largely white, male, Eurocentric, and heteronormative genre. It features original essays from more than twenty-five scholars as well as interviews, manifestos, short fiction, and new works from Chicana/o and Latina/o artists.

Author : David Wong Louie
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780295745404

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Pangs of Love and Other Writings by David Wong Louie Pdf

An apprentice sushi chef and a mysterious blue-eyed woman share a bottle of wine inside a climate-controlled otter tank. The Great Wall of China grumbles as workers forego construction to watch an imperial game of baseball. A young woman tries to imagine a future unsullied by her family’s history of untimely death. First issued in 1991, Pangs of Love introduced David Wong Louie’s bold storytelling. The son of Chinese immigrants, he centered his stories around characters who are in conflict with their place in the world, disconnected from both American society and their own families. The depth of his portrayals renders their experiences of love, envy, loneliness, loss, and duty universal—informed by their heritage yet not confined by it. These twelve short stories and one essay swerve from the absurd to longing for love, understanding, or simply a morsel of food. Pangs of Love and Other Writings makes Louie’s debut book available again, along with an additional short story and an extraordinary autobiographical essay, “Eat, Memory,” in which he reflects on life without food after throat cancer took away his ability to swallow. Pulitzer Prize–winner Viet Thanh Nguyen contributes a foreword elucidating Louie’s role in shaping contemporary Asian American literature, while an afterword by literary scholar King-Kok Cheung retraces the three phases of Louie’s career.

Author : Master of Silent Whistle Studio
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780295747736

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Further Adventures on the Journey to the West by Master of Silent Whistle Studio Pdf

As the audacious Monkey King battles his way through a landscape of inexplicable places and unfamiliar passions, Further Adventures on the Journey to the West offers a wry, revisionist critique of the late-Ming fascination with desire. Building on the great sixteenth-century novel Journey to the West, which recounts the escapades of a monk and three companions traveling to India in search of Buddhist scriptures to carry back to China, this sequel is a parable of self-delusion that explores the tension between desire and emptiness from a Buddhist perspective. The consummate literati novel, written by an accomplished artist for a well-educated readership, it is filled with allusions and parodies and features a dream-sequence narrative that is innovative and sophisticated even by modern standards. This new, fully annotated translation by two acclaimed scholars and translators brings to life this remarkably inventive, playful early modern text. The volume includes the original commentaries and illustrations, a critical introduction and afterword, and notes that highlight the sources of the novel’s intertextual references, revealing the author’s erudition and versatility.

Author : Thomas Cleary
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556432224

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Immortal Sisters by Thomas Cleary Pdf

Immortal Sisters presents life stories and teachings of distinguished female Taoist adepts who lived from the third to twelfth centuries. Among them is the poet and mystic Sun Bu-er, who passed into folklore as one of the famous Seven Immortals and appears as a character in countless popular novels of China. These accomplished women, renowned in their own day and in history, represent a uniquely female heritage of spiritual mastery. Through poems, stories, teachings, and commentaries, Immortal Sisters sheds light on the spiritual methods taught and practiced by these women and illustrates the importance of the feminine in Taoism.

Author : Rafe De Crespigny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : China
ISBN : 0731509013

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Generals of the South by Rafe De Crespigny Pdf

Author : John Keeble
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780295805467

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Broken Ground by John Keeble Pdf

2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries Broken Ground employs a construction project in the Oregon desert as the basis for a story with far-reaching political and moral implications. Hank Lafleur has been sent to supervise the project, which is a prison-for-profit financed by a multinational corporation under government contract, and meant to house felons, illegal immigrants, and, as Lafleur comes to learn, political prisoners from Latin America. Broken Ground is remarkable for its prophetic vision of the hollow securities promised by incarceration and of the effects of "privatization" as an armature of American imperialism - in both the domestic and international realms. Visit the author's website: http://www.keeblefiction.com/

Author : Bienvenido N. Santos
Publisher : Classics of Asian American Lit
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0295995114

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Scent of Apples by Bienvenido N. Santos Pdf

This collection of sixteen stories bring the work of a distinguished Filipino writer to an American audience. Scent of Apples contains work from the 1940s to the 1970s. Although many of Santos's writings have been published in the Philippines, Scent of Apples is his only book published in the United States. -- from back cover.

Author : Shawn Wong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0295999713

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Homebase by Shawn Wong Pdf

Homebase is the coming of age story of Rainsford Chan in 1950s and 60s California. Rainsford is a fourth-generation Chinese American named after the town where his great grandfather worked during the gold rush. Orphaned at fifteen, he attempts to claim America as his homebase, and his personal history is interwoven with dreams, stories, and letters of his family's life in America. Moving through time and place, the story allows the reader to discover the past as Rainsford does, to see the world through his eyes, and to learn the truth about the Chinese American experience.hawn Wong is the author of the novel American Knees and director of the Honors Program at the University of Washington.