Imagining the Fetus

Name: Imagining the Fetus
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 9780195380040
Price: 106.66 EUR
Availability: InStock

The Unborn in Myth, Religion, and Culture

Автор: Jane Marie Law, Vanessa Rebecca Sasson

Език:

Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: Oxford University Press Inc

Наличност: Външен склад

Изпращаме след 14-21 дни

106.66 € 208.60 лв

In contemporary Western culture, the word "fetus" introduces either a political subject or a literal...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Jane Marie Law, Vanessa Rebecca Sasson

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2009

страници

320

EAN

9780195380040

ISBN

0195380045

Enbook ID

04518808

Издател

Oxford University Press Inc

Теглоt

563

Размери

160 x 242 x 20

Пълно описание

In contemporary Western culture, the word "fetus" introduces either a political subject or a literal, medicalized entity. Neither of these frameworks does justice to the vast array of religious literature and oral traditions from cultures around the world in which the fetus emerges as a powerful symbol or metaphor. This volume presents essays that explore the depiction of the fetus in the world's major religious traditions, finding some striking commonalities as well as intriguing differences. Among the themes that emerge is the tendency to conceive of the fetus as somehow independent of the mother's body - as in the case of the Buddha, who is described as inhabiting a palace while gestating in the womb. On the other hand, the fetus can also symbolically represent profound human needs and emotions, such as the universal experience of vulnerability. The authors note how the advent of the fetal sonogram has transformed how people everywhere imagine the unborn today, giving rise to a narrow range of decidedly literal questions about personhood, gender, and disability.

Може също да ви хареса

Клиенти, които купиха тази книга, купиха също

Най-често търсени

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Продукти

Продукти

Най-често търсени

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Продукти

Продукти

Imagining the Fetus

The Unborn in Myth, Religion, and Culture

Информация за книгата

Пълно описание

Може също да ви хареса

Клиенти, които купиха тази книга, купиха също