Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2130
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Dunkelman , Martha Levine.
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  • Title: Between Despair and Ecstasy: Marco Polo's Life of the Buddha [The author explores Polo's accounts of Asian sexuality; Polo is not a missionary and celebrates Oriental sexual difference with tolerance].
  • Source: Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 9, 1 (Spring 1997): Pages 189 - 229.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Buddha and Buddhism China Kublai Khan, Mongol Ruler of China Orientalism Polo, Marco, Traveler Sexuality Travel
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  • Geographic Area: Asia
  • Century: 13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Canisius College
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  • Year of Publication: 1997.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10412573