{"product_id":"of-body-and-brush-angela-zito-9780226987293","title":"Of Body and Brush: Grand Sacrifice as Text\/Performance in Eighteenth-Century China","description":"The Qianlong emperor, who dominated the religious and political life of eighteenth-century China, was in turn dominated by elaborate ritual prescriptions. These texts determined what he wore and ate, how he moved, and above all how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. In \u003ci\u003eOf Body and Brush\u003c\/i\u003e, Angela Zito offers a stunningly original analysis of the way ritualizing power was produced jointly by the throne and the official literati who dictated these prescriptions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForging a critical cultural historical method that challenges traditional categories of Chinese studies, Zito shows for the first time that in their \u003ci\u003eperformance\u003c\/i\u003e, the ritual texts embodied, literally, the metaphysics upon which imperial power rested. By combining rule through the brush (the production of ritual texts) with rule through the body (mandated performance), the throne both exhibited its power and attempted to control resistance to it. Bridging Chinese history, anthropology, religion, and performance and cultural studies, Zito brings an important new perspective to the human sciences in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Zito\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226987299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226987293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.04w x 0.71d","brand":"Angela Zito","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064793870591,"sku":"9780226987293","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b428232f-d02e-4907-aed4-cd211bf2bf94.jpg?v=1768671091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-body-and-brush-angela-zito-9780226987293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}