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Menopause : a biocultural perspective /
Menopause is a biological reality for all women in their forties and fifties. Yet the way we think about the cessation of menstruation is influenced by a variety of factors. Cultural and technological influences combine with biology to transform this universal phenomenon into an experience that vari...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2006.
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| Series: | Studies in medical anthropology.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Menopause is a biological reality for all women in their forties and fifties. Yet the way we think about the cessation of menstruation is influenced by a variety of factors. Cultural and technological influences combine with biology to transform this universal phenomenon into an experience that varies considerably between cultures and individuals. In this concise book, Lynnette Leidy Sievert draws on her own case studies from Puebla, Mexico, and western Massachusetts, as well as on comparative data from other studies in places such as Slovenia, Paraguay, and Hawaii, to explore the different wa. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 220 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813539997 0813539994 9786610947102 6610947104 |