Oedipal God : : The Chinese Nezha and His Indian Origins / / Meir Shahar.
Oedipal God offers the most comprehensive account in any language of the prodigal deity Nezha. Celebrated for over a millennium, Nezha is among the most formidable and enigmatic of all Chinese gods. In this theoretically informed study Meir Shahar recounts Nezha's riveting tale-which culminates...
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Shahar, Meir, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Oedipal God : The Chinese Nezha and His Indian Origins / Meir Shahar. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (272 p.) : 29 black & white illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Sons and Fathers -- 2. Patricide and Suicide -- 3. The Chinese Oedipus -- 4. Teenage Delinquent or Revolutionary Martyr -- 5. Divine Warrior -- 6. The Child-God -- 7. Biological and Spiritual Fathers -- 8. Esoteric Buddhism -- 9. Nezha, Nalakūbara, and Kṛṣṇa -- Epilogue: Esoteric Buddhism and the Chinese Supernatural -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Oedipal God offers the most comprehensive account in any language of the prodigal deity Nezha. Celebrated for over a millennium, Nezha is among the most formidable and enigmatic of all Chinese gods. In this theoretically informed study Meir Shahar recounts Nezha's riveting tale-which culminates in suicide and attempted patricide-and uncovers hidden tensions in the Chinese family system. In deploying the Freudian hypothesis, Shahar does not imply the Chinese legend's identity with the Greek story of Oedipus. For one, in Nezha's story the erotic attraction to the mother is not explicitly acknowledged. More generally, Chinese oedipal tales differ from Freud's Greek prototype by the high degree of repression that is applied to them. Shahar argues that, despite a disastrous father-son relationship, Confucian ethics require that the oedipal drive masquerade as filial piety in Nezha's story, dictating that the child-god kill himself before trying to avenge himself upon his father.Combining impeccable scholarship with an eminently readable style, the book covers a vast terrain: It surveys the image of the endearing child-god across varied genres from oral and written fiction, through theater, cinema, and television serials, to Japanese manga cartoons. It combines literary analysis with Shahar's own anthropological field work, providing a thorough ethnography of Nezha's flourishing cult. Crossing the boundaries between China's diverse religious traditions, it tracks the rebellious infant in the many ways he has been venerated by Buddhist monks, Daoist priests, and possessed spirit mediums, whose dramatic performances have served to negotiate individual, familial, and collective tensions. Finally, the book offers a detailed history of the legend and the cult reaching back over two thousand years to its origins in India, where Nezha began as a mythological being named Nalakūbara, whose sexual misadventures were celebrated in the Sanskrit epics as early as the first centuries BCE. Here Shahar reveals the long-term impact that Indian mythology has exerted-through the medium of esoteric Buddhism-upon the Chinese imagination of divinity.A tour de force of literary analysis, ethnographic research, psychological insight, and cross-cultural investigation, Oedipal God is a must read for anyone interested in Chinese studies and the historical connection between India and China. Shahar's broad reach and engaging approach will appeal to specialists and students in a variety of disciplines including Chinese religion, Chinese literature, anthropology, Buddhist studies, psychology, Indian studies, and cross-cultural history. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Nezha (Chinese deity) In literature. Nezha (Chinese deity). Oedipus complex Cross-cultural studies. Tantric Buddhism China. RELIGION / Buddhism / History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package 9783110649826 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015 9783110700985 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2014-2016 9783110564136 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110752366 print 9780824847609 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824856960 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824856960 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824856960/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Sons and Fathers -- 2. Patricide and Suicide -- 3. The Chinese Oedipus -- 4. Teenage Delinquent or Revolutionary Martyr -- 5. Divine Warrior -- 6. The Child-God -- 7. Biological and Spiritual Fathers -- 8. Esoteric Buddhism -- 9. Nezha, Nalakūbara, and Kṛṣṇa -- Epilogue: Esoteric Buddhism and the Chinese Supernatural -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Sons and Fathers -- 2. Patricide and Suicide -- 3. The Chinese Oedipus -- 4. Teenage Delinquent or Revolutionary Martyr -- 5. Divine Warrior -- 6. The Child-God -- 7. Biological and Spiritual Fathers -- 8. Esoteric Buddhism -- 9. Nezha, Nalakūbara, and Kṛṣṇa -- Epilogue: Esoteric Buddhism and the Chinese Supernatural -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index |
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