Encounters with aging : mythologies of menopause in Japan and North America /

Lock explicitly compares Japanese and North American medical and political accounts of female middle age to challenge Western assumptions about menopause. She uses ethnography, interviews, historical and popular culture materials, and medical publications to produce a detailed account of Japanese wo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lock, Margaret M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of California Press, ©1993.
Temas:
Middle-aged women > Japan.
Middle-aged women > North America.
Menopause > Japan.
Menopause > North America.
Adulthood.
Sociology.
Climacteric.
Culture.
Social sciences.
Ethnology.
Anthropology.
Menopause.
Social ecology.
Cross-cultural studies.
Women.
Middle age.
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena
Adult
Sociology
Climacteric
Culture
Persons
Social Sciences
Age Groups
Anthropology, Cultural
Sexual Development
Named Groups
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena
Anthropology
Phenomena and Processes
Menopause
Social Environment
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Women
Middle Aged
Femmes d'âge moyen > Japon.
Femmes d'âge moyen > Amérique du Nord.
Ménopause > Japon.
Ménopause > Amérique du Nord.
Adultes.
Sociologie.
Climatère.
Sciences sociales.
Ethnologie.
Anthropologie.
Ménopause.
Écologie sociale.
Études transculturelles.
Femmes.
Âge moyen.
sociology.
culture note.
social sciences.
anthropology.
human ecology.
middle age (life stage)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
Middle-aged women.
Japan.
North America.
Women > Menopause
Japan
North America
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