Title: Female Gender in Chinese Religious Symbols: Kuan Yin, Ma Tsu, and the "Eternal Mother"
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Steven SangrenPDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Signs Volume 9, Number 1Autumn, 1983Women and Religion Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/494021 Views: 54Total views on this site Citations: 78Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1983 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Yanchao Zhang Women and the Cult of Mazu: Goddess Worship and Women's Agency in Late Ming and Qing China, Women's Studies 50, no.55 (Feb 2021): 452–478.https://doi.org/10.1080/00497878.2021.1878171Xiaobo Yuan Gendering Heterodoxy: The Corporeal Politics of Xiejiao in Chinese Christianity, Journal of the American Academy of Religion 16 (Feb 2021).https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfaa069Minqin (敏) Wang, Lee W. 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