The curse : a cultural history of menstruation /
Delaney, Janice.
Lupton, Mary Jane.
Toth, Emily.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press,
1988.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-315) and index.
Women in the closet: taboos of exclusion -- "Not tonight, dear": taboos of sex -- Putting her in her place: rites of the menarche -- Woman unclean: menstrual taboos in Judaism and Christianity -- Menstruation and medical myth -- Modern menstrual politics -- The menstrual process -- The first pollution: psychoanalysis and the menarche -- The storm before the calm: the premenstrual syndrome -- "What every girl should know" -- The monthly euphemism -- Red humor: the menstrual joke -- Periodic parade: menstruation in advertising -- Rags to riches: the menstrual products industry -- Menstruation goes public.
The bleeding tower: menstrual themes in fairy tales -- Absent literature: the menarche -- The miracle of blood: menstrual imagery in myth and poetry -- Menstrual madness in drama and fiction -- From leeches to estrogen: the menopause and medical options -- Psychology and the menopausal menace -- "November of the body": the menopause and literature -- The menstrual hall of fame -- Moving the menses, or vicarious menstruation -- Escaping the monthlies -- Saignade: simulated menstruation in the male -- Cycles and rhythm in men -- Conclusion: Lifting the curse.
Menstruation
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Folklore.
Menstruation.
Health (GIC)
Menstruation
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Menstruation.
Menstruation
Menstruatie.
Culturele aspecten.