Everyday discourses of menstruation : cultural and social perspectives /: cultural and social perspectives. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Victoria Louise Newton.
• Authors: Newton, Victoria Louise
• Contents: Foreword; Richard Jenkins -- Chapter 1. The 'Folklore of Menstruation': Researching Vernacular Knowledge and Everyday Experience -- Chapter 2. Periods: Historical and Cultural Interpretations of Menstruation -- Chapter 3. Positioning Periods in Context: Contemporary Discourses and Dilemmas -- Chapter 4. On the Blob: Young Adulthood and Menstrual Lore -- Chapter 5. Managing Menstruation: The Menarche and Status Passage -- Chapter 6. Talking about My Menstruation: A Generational Comparison -- Chapter 7. The Curse: Popular Histories and Cultural Knowledge -- Chapter 8. 'Auntie's Come to Tea': Menstrual Euphemism -- Chapter 9. Mentioning the Unmentionable: 'Only Joking ... ' -- Chapter 10. Closed for Maintenance: Backstage spaces, and Selling Shame -- Chapter 11. Conclusions: Keep Bleeding.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 213 pages)
• Subjects: 306.4613; Social sciences; Menstruation -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Feminist anthropology; Gender expression; Gender identity; Human body -- Social aspects; Religion and culture; Sex (Psychology); Social sciences; Sociology; Alltagskultur; Diskursanalyse; Menstruation; Soziologie; Menstruation -- psychology; Sociological Factors; Culture; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Gender studies, gender groups; Sociology: family & relationships; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Anthropology; Sociology; Feminist anthropology; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology; Großbritannien; United Kingdom; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137487759; 1137487755
• Related ISBNs: 1137487747; 9781137487742
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.