ISBN:
9781438467115
Language:
English
Pages:
158 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cook, Constance A., author Birth in ancient China
DDC:
392.1/2
Keywords:
Childbirth Social aspects To 1500
;
History
;
Birth customs History To 1500
;
Human reproduction Social aspects To 1500
;
History
;
Metaphor Social aspects To 1500
;
History
;
Group identity History To 1500
;
China Social life and customs To 221 B.C
;
China History Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C
;
China
;
Geschichte
;
Frau
;
Geburt
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction: A Chu Text -- 1. Words and Images -- Chu Ancestral Names and the Word for Birth -- A Lost Word for Birth -- Suggestive Images -- 2. Controlling Reproduction : Fertility Prayers -- Zhou Fertility Prayers in Zhou Bronze Inscriptions -- A Warring States Prayer Preserved on Bamboo Strips -- 3. Mothers and Embryos -- Gestation -- 4. Controlling the Pregnant Body -- Time and Divination -- Curses -- Sequestering -- A Question of Thorns -- 5. Divine Origins and Chu Genealogical History -- Gender Bending -- 6. The Traumatic Births of Non-Zhou Ancestors
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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