Physiognomy in Ming China : : fortune and the body / / by Xing Wang.
In Physiognomy in Ming China: Fortune and the Body , Xing Wang investigates the intellectual and technical contexts in which the knowledge of physiognomy ( xiangshu ) was produced and transformed in Ming China (1368-1644 C.E.). Known as a fortune-telling technique via examining the human body and ma...
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Superior document: | Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 149 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Sinica Leidensia ;
Volume 149. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Summary: | In Physiognomy in Ming China: Fortune and the Body , Xing Wang investigates the intellectual and technical contexts in which the knowledge of physiognomy ( xiangshu ) was produced and transformed in Ming China (1368-1644 C.E.). Known as a fortune-telling technique via examining the human body and material objects, Xing Wang shows how the construction of the physiognomic body in many Ming texts represent a unique, unprecedented ‘somatic cosmology’. Applying an anthropological reading to these texts and providing detailed analysis of this technique, the author proves that this physiognomic cosmology in Ming China emerged as a part of a new body discourse which differs from the modern scholarly discourse on the body. |
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ISBN: | 9004429557 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Xing Wang. |