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

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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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Main Author: Cook, Constance A. (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Luo, Xinhui (co-author.)
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.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C.
Chine > Histoire > 1122-221 av. J.-C. (Dynastie des Zhou)
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
To 1500
Electronic books.
History
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