Cook, Constance A. <br/><br/>
Birth in ancient China  a study of metaphor and cultural identity in pre-imperial China /  [Texte imprimé] : 
Constance A. Cook and Luo Xinhui 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  cop. 2017 
 - 1 vol. (158 p.) ;  24 cm 
 - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture .
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. 131-148 
<br/><br/>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 Zhou Bronze Inscriptions -- A Warring States Prayer Preserved on Bamboo Strips -- 3. Mothers and Embryos -- Gestation -- 4. Controlling the Pregnant Body -- Time and Divination -- Curses -- Sequestering -- A Question of Thorns -- 5. Divine Origins and Chu Genealogical History -- Gender Bending -- 6. The Traumatic Births of Non-Zhou Ancestors 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-4384-6711-5 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Childbirth / Social aspects / China / History / To 1500 Birth customs / China / istory / To 1500 Human reproduction / Social aspects / China / History / To 1500 Metaphor / Social aspects / China / History / To 1500 Group identity / China / History / To 1500 China / Social life and customs / To 221 B.C. China / History / Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>392.12