Blood Lines: Biopolitics, Patriarchy, Myth
Sacrifice is mainly a patriarchal institution. Nancy Jay argued that sacrifice serves as a ritual supplement and replacement for natural birth, and attempts to establish the dominance and priority of descent through the father over descent through the mother. I demonstrate the cogency of Jay’s analy...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2024-08-01
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| Series: | Open Theology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2024-0011 |