Of Body and Brush: Grand Sacrifice as Text/Performance in Eighteenth-Century China

by Angela Zito

Book Overview

The Qianlong emperor, who dominated the religious and political life of eighteenth-century China, was in turn dominated by elaborate ritual prescriptions. These texts determined what he wore and ate, how he moved, and above all how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. In Of Body and Brush, Angela Zito offers a stunningly original analysis of the way ritualizing power was produced jointly by the throne and the official literati who dictated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226987299
• ISBN13: 9780226987293
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"