Thicker than water : the origins of blood as symbol and ritual /

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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 boo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meyer, Melissa L. (Melissa Lee)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Temas:
Blood > Social aspects.
Blood > Symbolic aspects.
Sang > Aspect social.
Sang > Aspect symbolique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The human inclination to symbolize and ritualize blood
  • Women's blood and men's blood at the dawn of human culture
  • The blood of conception, pregnancy, and childbirth
  • Initiation rites: The role of blood in attaining adult or group status
  • Menstruation: The fundamental foundation
  • Sacrifice: "Birth done better"
  • Conclusion: The patterned heterongeneity of blood symbols and rituals.

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