Imagining the Fetus
The Unborn in Myth, Religion, and Culture
Series: American Academy of Religion Cultural Criticism series;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 9 April 2009
- ISBN 9780195380057
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages316 pages
- Size 155x231x20 mm
- Weight 440 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 halftones, 14 line illustrations 0
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Short description:
This volume presents essays that explore the depiction of the fetus in the world's major religious traditions, finding some striking commonalities as well as intriguing differences. Among the themes that emerge is the tendency to conceive of the fetus as somehow independent of the mother's body - as in the case of the Buddha, who is described as inhabiting a palace while gestating in the womb. On the other hand, the fetus can also symbolically represent profound human needs and emotions, such as the universal experience of vulnerability. The authors note how the advent of the fetal sonogram has transformed how people everywhere imagine the unborn today, giving rise to a narrow range of decidedly literal questions about personhood, gender, and disability.
MoreLong description:
In contemporary Western culture, the word "fetus" introduces either a political subject or a literal, medicalized entity. Neither of these frameworks does justice to the vast array of religious literature and oral traditions from cultures around the world in which the fetus emerges as a powerful symbol or metaphor. This volume presents essays that explore the depiction of the fetus in the world's major religious traditions, finding some striking commonalities as well as intriguing differences. Among the themes that emerge is the tendency to conceive of the fetus as somehow independent of the mother's body -- as in the case of the Buddha, who is described as inhabiting a palace while gestating in the womb. On the other hand, the fetus can also symbolically represent profound human needs and emotions, such as the universal experience of vulnerability. The authors note how the advent of the fetal sonogram has transformed how people everywhere imagine the unborn today, giving rise to a narrow range of decidedly literal questions about personhood, gender, and disability.
Canvassing many world religions, as well as dealing capably with biblical traditions, teh contributors have assembled and analyzed a wealth of intriguing materials. ...This collection of essays will appeal to the full range of readers; it will be valuable to researchers, yet accessible enough for undergraduate courses and helpful to a general audience seeking insights beyond the rhetorical impasse of current debates.
Table of Contents:
About the Contributors
Introduction: Restoring Nuance to the Imagination of the Fetus
The Story of Sa+kar+a+as and K++as Births: A Drama Involving Embryos
The Great Men of Jainism in Utero
A Womb With a View: The Buddhas Final Fetal Experiences
Life in the Womb: Conception and Gestation in Buddhist Scripture& Classical Indian Medical Literature
Philosophical Embryology: Buddhist Texts and the Ritual Construction of a Fetus
Tibetan Buddhist Narratives of the Forces of Creation
Feticide in the Punjab and Fetus Imagery in Sikhism
Embryology in the Ancient Near East
Famous Fetuses in Rabbinic Literature
The Leaping Child: Imagining the Unborn in Early Christian Literature
A Prophet Emerging: Fetal Narratives in Islamic Literature
The Colossal Fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamericas 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
