Birth in Ancient China: A Study of Metaphor and Cultural Identity in Pre-Imperial China

by Constance A Cook, Constance A. Cook, Xinhui Luo

Book Overview

Using newly discovered and excavated texts, Constance A. Cook and Xinhui Luo systematically explore material culture, inscriptions, transmitted texts, and genealogies from BCE China to reconstruct the role of women in social reproduction in the ancient Chinese world. Applying paleographical, linguistic, and historical analyses, Cook and Luo discuss fertility rituals, birthing experiences, divine conceptions, divine births, and the overall influence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438467109
• ISBN13: 9781438467108
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"