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A galaxy of immortal women : the yin side of Chinese civilization / Brian Griffith.
Penn Museum Library DS735.A2 G75 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffith, Brian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Goddesses.
- History.
- China--History.
- China.
- Women--China--History.
- Women.
- Goddesses--History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 317 pages : illustrations, mpas ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Exterminating Angel Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- How a Texan Man Became an Admirer of Chinese Goddesses
- The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization
- The Legendary Age of the Goddess
- The Original Partnership of Sexes
- Deities of Living Lands and Seas
- The Goddess Realms of Prehistoric China
- Confucian Myths of the Golden Age
- The Fall of Chinese Women
- The Goddesses' Outlaws
- Women's Powers in Popular Daoism
- How Women Changed Buddhism in China and Tibet
- Confucianism as a Cult of "Mamas' Boys"
- Family Values in the Warlord Age, and Now
- Goddess religions of the modern and planetary age.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical notes and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781935259145
- 1935259148
- OCLC:
- 756581548
- Publisher Number:
- 99948847909
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