Imagining the fetus : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture / / edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law.

• Superior document: American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series
• Author: American Academy of Religion.
• TeilnehmendeR: Sasson, Vanessa R.; Law, Jane Marie.; American Academy of Religion.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series.
• Physical Description: x, 305 p. :; ill., map.
• Notes: "American Academy of Religion."

Table of Contents

Introduction: 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.