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001 2008026800
003 DLC
005 20090901064212.0
008 080617s2009 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008026800
020 $a9780195380040 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0195380045 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780195380057 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0195380053 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn232786052
035 $a(OCoLC)232786052
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050 00 $aBL256$b.I43 2009
082 00 $a202/.2$222
245 00 $aImagining the fetus :$bthe unborn in myth, religion, and culture /$cedited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $ax, 305 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aAmerican Academy of Religion cultural criticism series
500 $a"American Academy of Religion."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus -- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos -- The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation -- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism -- Embryology in Babylonia and the bible -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives -- A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature -- The colossal fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamerica' earliest creation story -- Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory -- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin.
650 0 $aFetus$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aTheological anthropology.
700 1 $aSasson, Vanessa R.
700 1 $aLaw, Jane Marie.
710 2 $aAmerican Academy of Religion.
830 0 $aAmerican Academy of Religion cultural criticism series.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0821/2008026800.html