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Record Number:
2130
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Dunkelman , Martha Levine.
Contributor(s):
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
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Asia
Century:
13
Primary Evidence:
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Table:
Abstract:
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Author's Affiliation:
Canisius College
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1997.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
10412573