Imagining the fetus : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
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| Description: | x, 305 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7472976 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
