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Mourning the unborn dead : a Buddhist ritual comes to America /

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Wilson discusses how Asian immigrants, convert Buddhists, pro-life and pro-choice activists, and ordinary women have imported Japanese rituals to deal with one of the most divisive public issues in American society: abortion. He analyses the implications of these varied appropriations for the Americ...

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Main Author: Wilson, Jeff (Jeff Townsend)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Fetal propitiatory rites > Buddhism.
Fetal propitiatory rites > United States.
Abortion > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Buddhism > Social aspects > United States.
Bereavement.
Abortion.
Miscarriage.
Fetal death.
Bereavement
Abortion, Induced
Abortion, Spontaneous
Fetal Death
Buddhism
Ceremonial Behavior
United States
Rites d'expiation fœtale > Bouddhisme.
Rites d'expiation fœtale > États-Unis.
Deuil.
Avortement.
Avortement spontané.
Fœtus > Mort.
Bouddhisme.
mourning.
Buddhism.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Rituals & Practice.
Abortion > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Buddhism > Social aspects
Fetal propitiatory rites
Fetal propitiatory rites > Buddhism
Buddhismus
Ritus
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
USA
Trauer
Fetus
Tod
Abort > sociala aspekter > Förenta staterna.
Fosterdöd > religiösa aspekter > Förenta staterna.
Buddhism > sociala aspekter > Förenta staterna.
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