Michael Bathgate

The Fox's Craft in Japanese Religion and Culture

Shapeshifters, Transformations, and Duplicities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781138878969
• ISBN-10: 1138878960
• Artikelnr.: 42949679

Autorenporträt

Michael Bathgate i s Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, where he teaches courses on the comparative study of religions.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter one The Jewel Maiden and the Murder Stone: Orientations to
Shapeshifting and Signification Chapter Two Foxes, Wives, and Spirits:
Shapeshifting and the Languages of Marriage Chapter Three To Whom Am I
Speaking? Shapeshifting and the Semiotics of Revelation Chapter Four The
Gift of the Fox: Shapeshifting and Society in the Edo Period Chapter Five
Using the Fox: Concluding Reflections on Shapeshifting and Signification
Notes Bibliography Index