Juice of life : the symbolic and magic significance of blood

Author(s)

• Camporesi, Piero

Bibliographic Information

Juice of life : the symbolic and magic significance of blood

Piero Camporesi ; foreward by Umberto Eco ; translated by Robert R. Barr

Continuum, 1995

Other Title

Sugo della vita

Uniform Title

Sugo della vita

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-139)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Camporesi ought to be read in small doses, since if we were to read him all at once we should wonder, 'Wait, what are we, we civilized people?'" -- Umberto Eco

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA28196376
• ISBN:
  • 0826408338
• LCCN: 95018250
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ita
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 139 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GR489
  • DC20 : 398/.353
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Blood -- Folklore
  • LCSH : Blood -- Symbolic aspects