Gods of Mount Tai : familiarity and the material culture of North China, 1000-2000 / Susan Naquin.

Part One: Settling in. Mount Tai, 1008 -- The Jade Woman and the Eastern Peak, 1000-1350 -- Master of the Azure Clouds, 1350-1550 -- Part Two: Expansion and Acceptance. Beyond Mount Tai, 1400-1640 -- Toward Acceptance, 1400-1640 -- Investing in the Mountain, 1550-1630 -- Part Three: At Home in North China. A Pilgrimage Mountain, 1550-1640 -- Looking Like a Mount Tai Niangniang, Ming to Qing -- Prospering Under a New Dynasty, 1600-1900 -- A Place in the Empire, 1650-1900 -- At Home in North China, 1650-1900 -- Part Four: Becoming Too Familiar? The Bronze Ladies of Mount Tai, 1600-1900 -- Popularization throgh Picture, 1800-1930 -- Changing Times for Mount Tai, 1900-2000 -- Appendices.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"At the intersection of art and religious history, this work suggests a fresh method for studying Chinese gods and sacred places. Susan Naquin tells the full story of the transformations of the Lady of Mount Tai, North China's most important female deity, and her mountain home. This generously illustrated visual history presents a rich array of overlooked statues, prints, murals, and paintings of gods that were discovered in museums, auctions, and extensive travel. By focusing on ordinary images, temples, and region-based materiality Naquin demonstrates how this flexibly gendered new god flourished while her male predecessor was neglected. Both suffered greatly during the last century, but Mount Tai continues to be a culturally significant monument and China's most popular tourist mountain."-- Back cover.

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