Birth in ancient China : a study of metaphor and cultural identity in pre-imperial China /

Using newly discovered and excavated texts, Constance A. Cook and Xinhui Luo systematically explore material culture, inscriptions, transmitted texts, and genealogies from BCE China to reconstruct the role of women in social reproduction in the ancient Chinese world. Applying paleographical, linguis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cook, Constance A. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Luo, Xinhui (co-author.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
Colección:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Temas:
To 1500
Childbirth > Social aspects > China > History > To 1500.
Birth customs > China > History > To 1500.
Human reproduction > Social aspects > China > History > To 1500.
Metaphor > Social aspects > China > History > To 1500.
Group identity > China > History > To 1500.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Birth customs.
Childbirth > Social aspects.
Group identity.
Human reproduction > Social aspects.
Manners and customs.
Metaphor > Social aspects.
Zhou Dynasty (China)
China > Social life and customs > To 221 B.C.
China > History > Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C.
Chine > Histoire > 1122-221 av. J.-C. (Dynastie des Zhou)
China.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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