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Blood Stories: Menarche and the Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary U. S. Society
Blood Stories Menarche and the Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary U S Society
Author: Janet Lee, Jennifer Sasser-Coen
Blood Stories focuses on menarche as a central aspect of body politics in contemporary US society, emphasizing that women are integrated into the social and sexual order through the body. Using oral and written narratives of 104 diverse women, the authors address the central question of how menarche as a bodily event signifying womanhood takes o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415915465
ISBN-10: 0415915465
Publication Date: 8/27/1996
Pages: 205
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Hardcover
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