Imagery, ritual, and birth : ontology between the sacred and the secular /: ontology between the sacred and the secular. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anna Hennessey ; foreword by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd.
• Authors: Hennessey, Anna
• Other Names: Davis-Floyd, Robbie E writer of supplementary textual content.
• Contents: <p style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-style:italic;">List of Figures ; ; <p style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-style:italic;">List of Tables ; ; <p style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Foreword ; ; <p style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Acknowledgments ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Introduction: Birth Imagery and Ontological Transformation ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter One: Birth and Death in the Arts and Humanities ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter Two: Religious Objects and the <span style="font-style:italic;">Sheela-na-gig ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter Three: The Social Ontology of Birth ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter Four: The Secularization of Religious Objects During Birth ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter Five: Art as Sacred Symbol in Birth as a Rite of Passage ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter Six: Nonreligion and the Sacred in New Images of Birth ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter Seven: New Feminisms and Decolonizing Birth ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Conclusion: Transforming the Culture of Birth Through Imagery ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Bibliography ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">Index ; ; <p style="line-height:2;">About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 392.12; Birth customs; Childbirth -- Religious aspects; Childbirth in art
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498548748
• Related ISBNs: 9781498548731
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