Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Current assumptions about menopause
  • Chichimila: a Mayan village
  • Stira: a mountain village in Greece
  • Getting to know the women
  • Being a woman in Chichimila
  • Being a woman in Stira
  • Comparing reproductive histories, Part 1: From menarche through childbearing
  • Comparing reproductive histories, Part 2: Menopause in two cultures
  • Menopause: a biocultural event
  • Appendix: A comparison of the distribution of fertility patterns for Mayan and Greek women.