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

Corporate Author: American Academy of Religion.
Other Authors: Sasson, Vanessa R., Law, Jane Marie.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10273339
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300 |a x, 305 p. :  |b ill., map. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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700 1 |a Law, Jane Marie. 
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