| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 263 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The human inclination to symbolize and ritualize blood -- Women's blood and men's blood at the dawn of human culture -- The blood of conception, pregnancy, and childbirth -- Initiation rites: The role of blood in attaining adult or group status -- Menstruation: The fundamental foundation -- Sacrifice: "Birth done better" -- Conclusion: The patterned heterongeneity of blood symbols and rituals. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Blood -- Social aspects.
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Blood -- Social aspects. |
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Blood. |
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Blood -- Symbolic aspects.
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Blood -- Symbolic aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meyer, Melissa L. (Melissa Lee). Thicker than water 0415935296 (DLC) 2004024560 (OCoLC)56825395 |
| ISBN |
9781135342074 (electronic book) |
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1135342075 (electronic book) |
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9780203952603 (e-book) |
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020395260X (e-book) |
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0415935296 |
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9780415935296 |
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041593530X |
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9780415935302 |
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