Imagining the fetus [[electronic resource] ] : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture / / edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SassonVanessa R
LawJane Marie |
Collana | American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series |
Soggetto topico |
Fetus - Religious aspects
Theological anthropology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-970174-1
9786611925659 1-281-92565-9 0-19-538004-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465266003321 |
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imagining the fetus [[electronic resource] ] : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture / / edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SassonVanessa R
LawJane Marie |
Collana | American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series |
Soggetto topico |
Fetus - Religious aspects
Theological anthropology |
ISBN |
0-19-970174-1
9786611925659 1-281-92565-9 0-19-538004-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792219003321 |
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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