Blood Magic
Subtitle: The Anthropology of Menstruation
Contributors: Thomas Buckley (Editor); Alma Gottlieb (Editor)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 2, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780520063501
Subjects: Anthropology; Maturation & ageing; Women's studies; Social aspects; General; Psychology; Sociology; Women's Studies - History; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Folklore; Cross-cultural studies; Menstruation
First sentence: The topic of menstruation has long been a staple of anthropology, for this apparently ordinary biological event has been subject to extraordinary symbolic elaboration in a wide variety of cultures.