Miracles of book and body : Buddhist textual culture and medieval Japan /
Eubanks, Charlotte D.(Charlotte Diane),1971-
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Buddhist literature, Japanese
Folk literature, Japanese
Books and reading
Buddhism
Movement, Psychology of