Imagining the fetus the unborn in myth, religion, and culture /

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Corporate Authors: American Academy of Religion, ebrary, Inc
Drugi avtorji: Sasson, Vanessa R., Law, Jane Marie
Format: Elektronski eKnjiga
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Serija:American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series.
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Kazalo:
  • Introduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus
  • The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos
  • The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey
  • A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences
  • Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature
  • Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus
  • Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation
  • Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism
  • Embryology in Babylonia and the bible
  • The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature
  • Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives
  • A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature
  • The colossal fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamerica' earliest creation story
  • Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory
  • Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin.