Blood magic : the anthropology of menstruation /

Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers, this volume dramatically redefines the anthropological study of menstrual customs. It challenges the widespread image of a universal ";menstrual taboo&qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Buckley, Thomas C. T. (Editor ), Gottlieb, Alma (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1988]
Edición:Reprinted 2019.
Temas:
Menstruation > Cross-cultural studies.
Menstruation > Folklore.
Menstruation > Social aspects.
Cross-cultural studies.
Social ecology.
Folklore.
Menstruation > psychology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Social Environment
Folklore
Menstruation > Aspect social.
Études transculturelles.
Écologie sociale.
human ecology.
NON-CLASSIFIABLE.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Menstruation.
folk tales.
Folk tales.
Contes.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Editors' note
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. A critical appraisal of theories of menstrual symbolism / Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb
  • Part II. Menstrual images, meanings, and values
  • 2. Menstrual cosmology among the Beng of Ivory Coast / Alma Gottlieb
  • 3. Mortal flow: menstruation in Turkish village society / Carol Delaney
  • 4. Menstruation among the Rungus of Borneo: an unmarked category / Laura W.R. Appell
  • Part III. The sociology of menstrual meanings
  • 5. Menstrual politics: women and pigs in rural Portugal / Denise L. Lawrence
  • 6. Menstrual symbolism in South Wales / Vieda Skultans
  • 7. Premenstrual syndrome: discipline, work, and anger in late industrial societies / Emily Martin
  • Part IV. Exploratory directions: menses, culture, and time
  • 8. Menstruation and the power of Yurok women / Thomas Buckley
  • 9. Heavenly bodies: menses, moon, and rituals of license among the Temne of Sierra Leone / Frederick Lamp
  • 10. Menstrual synchrony and the Australian rainbow snake / Chris Knight
  • Notes
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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