Creation and Procreation : Feminist Reflections on Mythologies of Cosmogony and Parturition /

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weigle, Marta
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Colección:Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series
Temas:
Creation.
Human reproduction > Mythology.
Women > Mythology.
Création.
Reproduction humaine > Mythologie.
Femmes > Mythologie.
creating (artistic activity)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction: Notes on Cosmogony and Creativity
  • 2 Spiders and Spinsters in Creation Mythology
  • 3 Creator and Procreator
  • 4 Impregnation and Conception
  • 4 Impregnation and Conception
  • 6 Couvade and Parturition
  • 7 Midwifery and the Dialogue of Mythos and Mundus
  • Appendix: Selected Texts of Creation and Procreation
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Permissions
  • Index

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