Imagery, ritual, and birth : ontology between the sacred and the secular /

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Every human being is born and has gone through a process of birth. This book explores how imagery is used in religious, secular, and nonreligious ways during the contemporary rituals of birth, through analysis of a wide variety of art, iconography, poetry, and material culture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hennessey, Anna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
Temas:
Birth customs.
Birth customs > Religious aspects.
Childbirth > Social aspects.
Childbirth > Religious aspects.
Naissance > Rites et coutumes.
Naissance > Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Birth customs
Birth customs > Religious aspects
Childbirth > Religious aspects
Childbirth > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Birth imagery and the creation of sacred meaning
  • Birth and death in the arts and humanities
  • Religious objects and the Sheela-na-gig
  • The social ontology of birth
  • The secularization of religious objects during birth
  • Art as sacred symbol in birth as a rite of passage
  • Nonreligion and the sacred in new images of birth
  • New feminisms and the subject of birth
  • Transforming the culture of birth through imagery.

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