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...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Sievert, Lynnette Leidy, 1960-
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006.
سلاسل:Studies in medical anthropology.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=179780
الوصف
الملخص: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.
وصف مادي:1 online resource (xviii, 220 pages) : illustrations.
التنسيق:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
بيبلوغرافيا:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-216) and index.
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