Anna M. Hennessey

Imagery, Ritual, and Birth

Ontology between the Sacred and the Secular

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Produktbeschreibung

Every human being is born and has gone through a process of birth. This book explores how imagery is used in religious, secular, and nonreligious ways during the contemporary rituals of birth, through analysis of a wide variety of art, iconography, poetry, and material culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781498548731
• ISBN-10: 1498548733
• Artikelnr.: 53926743

Autorenporträt

Anna Hennessey, PhD, is a visiting scholar at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Birth
Imagery and Ontological Transformation Chapter One: Birth and Death in the
Arts and Humanities Chapter Two: Religious Objects and the Sheela-na-gig
Chapter Three: The Social Ontology of Birth Chapter Four: The
Secularization of Religious Objects During Birth Chapter Five: Art as
Sacred Symbol in Birth as a Rite of Passage Chapter Six: Nonreligion and
the Sacred in New Images of Birth Chapter Seven: New Feminisms and
Decolonizing Birth  Conclusion: Transforming the Culture of Birth Through
Imagery Bibliography Index About the Author