Encounters with aging [electronic resource] : mythologies of menopause in Japan and North America /
Lock, Margaret M.
American Council of Learned Societies.
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
1993.
Lock explicitly compares Japanese and North American medical and political accounts of female middle age to challenge Western assumptions about menopause. She uses ethnography, interviews, historical and popular culture materials, and medical publications to produce a detailed account of Japanese women's lives.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-428) and index.

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Lock explicitly compares Japanese and North American medical and political accounts of female middle age to challenge Western assumptions about menopause. She uses ethnography, interviews, historical and popular culture materials, and medical publications to produce a detailed account of Japanese women's lives.
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Middle-aged women
Middle-aged women
Menopause
Menopause
Middle-aged women
Middle-aged women
Menopause
Menopause
Adult
Sociology
Climacteric
Culture
Persons
Social Sciences
Age Groups
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena
Anthropology, Cultural
Sexual Development
Named Groups
Reproductive Physiological Processes
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena
Anthropology
Phenomena and Processes
Menopause
Social Environment
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Women
Middle Aged