First blood a cultural study of menarche

What woman forgets discovering her first period? First Blood examines the ways in which women from various countries? India, Sri Lanka, England, the Philippines, Greece, Italy, Uganda, Indonesia, Fiji, Chile, Ukraine, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong? recall this moment of menarche and what it meant t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Dammery, Sally, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing [2016]
Edición:First edition
Colección:Cultural Studies
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009435287206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Of Blood and Bleeding
  • Chapter 2: The Shocked and the Sanguine
  • Chapter 3: Becoming Unclean
  • Chapter 4: A Rather Special Ceremony
  • Chapter 5: Menstrual Lore
  • Chapter 6: Concealing the Fact
  • Chapter 7: What Should Every Young Girl Know?
  • Chapter 8: From Menarche to Where?
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Books
  • Chapters in Books
  • Journal Articles
  • Miscellaneous Papers and Monographs
  • Archival Records
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Internet
  • Television
  • Booklets for Girls
  • Newspaper Articles
  • Magazine Articles
  • Magazine Advertisements
  • Newspaper Advertisements
  • Unpublished Journals
  • Index
  • Back Cover.