Shih-shan Susan Huang: Medieval Memes in Buddhist Prints
From The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford · 47:26
Show by The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford
Shih-shan Susan Huang talks about the spread of medieval Chinese print culture along “Buddhist Book Roads,” the visual “memes” that repeat themselves across different scriptures in new cultural contexts, and how publishers prioritized mass reproduction over artistic originality in their pursuit of karmic merit. Interview with Miles Osgood.
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