Thicker than water : the origins of blood as symbol and ritual /

Thicker than water : the origins of blood as symbol and ritual /

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Author / Creator:Meyer, Melissa L. (Melissa Lee)
Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2005.
Description:1 online resource (vii, 263 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Blood -- Social aspects.
Blood -- Symbolic aspects.
Blood -- Social aspects.
Blood -- Symbolic aspects.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11303923
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ISBN:9781135342074
1135342075
9780203952603
020395260X
0415935296
9780415935296
041593530X
9780415935302
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Blood is more than a fluid solution of cells, platelets and plasma. It is a symbol for the most basic of human concerns--life, death and family find expression in rituals surrounding everything from menstruation to human sacrifice. Comprehensive in its scope and provocative in its argument, this book examines beliefs and rituals concerning blood in a range of regional and religious contexts throughout human history. Meyer reveals the origins of a wide range of blood rituals, from the earliest surviving human symbolism of fertility and the hunt, to the Jewish bris, and the clitoridectom.
Other form:Print version: Meyer, Melissa L. (Melissa Lee). Thicker than water 0415935296

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