Menopause and culture /
Using case studies from Australia and the Philippines, this volume refutes the notion that menopause is solely a physical condition, and argues that it is influenced by a variety of factors, one of them being culture.
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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London ; Sterling, Va. :
Pluto Press
1999.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt18fs8j4 |
Sommario:
- Menopause and medicalisation
- The quick-fix controversy
- Menopause across cultures
- Conceptualising culture
- Physical and psychological menopause experiences
- The sociocultural mediation of menopause
- Analysing menopause : a change for the better.