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Thicker than water : the origins of blood as symbol and ritual / / Melissa L. Meyer



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Autore: Meyer Melissa L (Melissa Lee) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Thicker than water : the origins of blood as symbol and ritual / / Melissa L. Meyer Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
Disciplina: 306.4
Soggetto topico: Blood - Social aspects
Blood - Symbolic aspects
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction The Human Inclination to Symbolize and Ritualize Blood; Chapter 2 Women's Blood and Men's Blood at the Dawn of Human Culture; Chapter 3 The Blood of Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth; Chapter 4 Initiation Rites The Role of Blood in Attaining Adult or Group Status; Chapter 5 Menstruation The Fundamental Foundation; Chapter 6 Sacrifice ""Birth Done Better""; Chapter 7 Conclusion The Patterned Heterogeneity of Blood Symbols and Rituals; Notes; Index
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Thicker than water  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-34207-5
1-135-34200-8
0-203-95260-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812770703321
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