{"product_id":"of-body-brush-grand-sacrifice-as-text-performance-in-eighteenthcentury-china-9780226987286","title":"Of Body  Brush  Grand Sacrifice as Text","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Qianlong emperor, who dominated religious and political life in China, was ruled by elaborate ritual prescriptions, which determined his dress and behaviour, and how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. This text analyzes how ritualizing power was shared by the throne and the literati.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Prologue: Clothing, Carrying, and Codifying Abbreviations Introduction  Pt. 1: Ruling Boundaries 1: Signifying Emperorship: Of Portraits and Princes  2: Method, Monarchy, and Ritual  Pt. 2: Text: Editing the Ritual Corpus 3: Classifying Li: Time and Agency  4: Writing the Ritualist Metaphysics: Self and World  Pt. 3: Performance: The Ritualizing Body Inscribes 5: Sacrificial Spaces: Contextualizing the City  6: Cosmic Preparation: Orders of Knowledge  7: Filial Ceremony: Centering  8: The Politics of Boundary: Inscription and Incorporation  Notes  Glossary of Chinese Characters  References  Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036770992471,"sku":"9780226987286","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226987286.jpg?v=1750932520","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/of-body-brush-grand-sacrifice-as-text-performance-in-eighteenthcentury-china-9780226987286","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}