Menopause : A Biocultural Perspective /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sievert, Lynnette Leidy, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Menopause.
MEDICAL > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Women's Health.
MEDICAL > Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
social anthropology.
ethnology.
Études transculturelles.
Ethnologie.
Ethnology
Menopause
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Anthropology, Cultural
Menopause > psychology
Menopause > physiology
Cross-cultural studies.
Ethnology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations.
ISBN:9780813539997

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