Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Restoring Female Religiosity and Subjectivity
7. Tang Women in the Transformation of Buddhist Filiality 25
8. Writing Oneself into the Tradition 47
9. Making Religion, Making the New Woman 71
10. Redefining Identity and Tradition
11. The Identity of Tang Daoist Priestesses 103
12. Revisiting White-haired Girl 133
13. Negotiating between Two Patriarchies 157
14. Recovering Bodily Differences
15. Birthing the Self 183
16. Female Alchemy 201
17. A Religious Menopausal Ritual 225
18. Bibliography 253
19. About the Contributors 285
20. Index 289