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.