TY - BOOK ID - 146399871 TI - In the land of tigers and snakes : living with animals in medieval Chinese religions PY - 2023 SN - 0231554648 PB - New York : Columbia University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Animals KW - Religious aspects KW - Buddhism. KW - Buddhism. KW - Confucianism. KW - Daoism. KW - animal studies. KW - animals. KW - environmental studies. KW - iconography. KW - medieval Chinese culture. KW - medieval Chinese religion. KW - parrots. KW - religious studies. KW - snakes. KW - tigers. KW - visual studies. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146399871 AB - Huaiyu Chen examines how Buddhist ideas about animals changed and were changed by medieval Chinese culture. He explores the entangled relations among animals, religions, the state, and local communities, considering both the multivalent meanings associated with animals and the daily experience of living with the natural world. ER -