TY - GEN T1 - Menopause : a biocultural perspective T2 - Studies in medical anthropology. A1 - Sievert, Lynnette Leidy, 1960- LA - English PP - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2006 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm78568644 AB - 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. OP - 220 CN - RG186 .S6664 2006eb SN - 9780813539997 SN - 0813539994 SN - 9786610947102 SN - 6610947104 SN - 1280947101 SN - 9781280947100 SN - 0813538556 SN - 0813538564 SN - 9780813538556 SN - 9780813538563 KW - Menopause. KW - Ethnology. KW - Cross-cultural studies. KW - Menopause : physiology KW - Menopause : psychology KW - Anthropology, Cultural KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison KW - Menopause KW - Ethnology KW - Ménopause. KW - Ethnologie. KW - Études transculturelles. KW - ethnology. KW - social anthropology. KW - MEDICAL : Reproductive Medicine & Technology. KW - HEALTH & FITNESS : Women's Health. KW - MEDICAL : General. KW - Cross-cultural studies ER -