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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cook, Constance A. (Author), Luo, Xinhui (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
Series:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Subjects:
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.
China > Social life and customs > To 221 B.C.
China > History > Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.