Cook / Luo Birth in Ancient China

A Study of Metaphor and Cultural Identity in Pre-Imperial China
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6712-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 172 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Reveals cultural paradigms and historical prejudices regarding the role of birthing and women in the reproduction of society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Constance A.

Luo, Xinhui

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
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 Bronze Inscriptions
A Warring States Prayer Preserved on Bamboo Strips

3. Mothers and Embryos
Embryonic Transformation

4. Controlling the Pregnant Body
Time and Divination
Curses, Stars, and the Gendered Cosmos
Sequestering
A Question of Thorns

5. Divine Origins and Chu Genealogical History
Gender-Bending

6. The Traumatic Births of Non-Zhou Ancestral Founders

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Constance A. Cook is Professor of Chinese at Lehigh University and the author of Death in Ancient China: The Tale of One Man's Journey. Xinhui Luo is Professor of Chinese Ancient History at Beijing Normal University, China.