Blood Stories : Menarche and the Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary U.S. Society
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415915473
ISBN-13
9780415915472
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 27th, 1996
Print length
214 Pages
Weight
300 grams
Product Classification:
Cultural studiesGender studies: womenAnthropology
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This text focuses on menarche, the first menstrual period, as a central aspect of body politics in US society. Using narratives of 104 diverse women, the authors address the central question of how menarche as a bodily event takes on a cultural significance in a society that devalues women.
Blood Stories focuses on menarche as a central aspect of body politics in contemporary US society, emphasizing that women are integrated into the social and sexual order through the body. Using oral and written narratives of 104 diverse women, the authors address the central question of how menarche as a bodily event signifying womanhood takes on cultural significance in a society that devalues women. Exploring issues of contamination and concealment and the sexualization of women''s bodies that occurs at menarche, the authors emphasize how the politics of gender are negotiated on/through women''s bodies.
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