Blood Magic (eBook)

The Anthropology of Menstruation

Thomas Buckley, Alma Gottlieb (Herausgeber)

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2023
275 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-34056-5 (ISBN)

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Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers, this volume dramatically redefines the anthropological study of menstrual customs. It challenges the widespread image of a universal "menstrual taboo" as well as the common assumption of universal female subordination which underlies it. Contributing important new material and perspectives to our understanding of comparative gender politics and symbolism, it is of particular importance to those interested in anthropology, women's studies, religion, and comparative health systems.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.4.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Africa • african farmers • Anthropology • comparative health systems • Cultural Studies • Culture • female subordination • gender politics • Gender Studies • gender symbolism • Healthcare • long house dwellers • Menses • menstrual cosmology • menstrual customs • menstrual images • menstrual meanings • menstrual symbolism • menstrual taboo • menstrual values • Menstruation • North Borneo • postindustrial american workers • Religion • Religious Studies • Sociology • turkish village society • United States of America • welsh housewives • womens studies
• ISBN-10: 0-520-34056-6 / 0520340566
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-34056-5 / 9780520340565