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The slow moon climbs : the science, history, and meaning of menopause /

For most of human history, people had no word for menopause and did not view it as a medical condition. Rather, in traditional foraging and agrarian societies, it was a transition to another important life stage. This book draws on historical, scientific, and cultural research to reveal how our perc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mattern, Susan P., 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Prologue : The Grandmother of Us All -- Evolution. Why Menopause? ; "Thank You, Grandma, for Human Nature" : The Grandmother Hypothesis ; Putting the "Men" in Menopause : Male-Centered Theories of Human Evolution ; Foragers Today : Hunting, Sharing, and Super-Uncles -- History. Our Long Stone Age Past : How Grandmothers (Maybe) Conquered the World ; The Age of Farmers : Patriarchy, Property, and Fertility Control ; Reproduction and Non-Reproduction in Some Agrarian Societies ; The Modern World -- Culture. Women's Hell : Menopause and Modern Medicine ; What Are You Talking About? Menopause in Traditional Societies ; Symptoms ; A Cultural Syndrome? -- Epilogue : Good-Bye to All That. 
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