| Blood Stories: Menarche and the Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary U.S. Society Contributor(s): Lee, Janet (Author), Sasser-Coen, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415915465 ISBN-13: 9780415915465 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1996 Annotation: "Blood Stories" focuses on menarche (first menstrual period) as a central aspect of body politics in contemporary US society, emphasizing that it is through the body that women are integrated into the social and sexual order. Using oral and written narratives of 104 diverse women, the authors address the central question of how menarche as a bodily event signifying womanhood takes on cultural significance in a society that devalues women. "Blood Stories" explores how women have both provided support for and resisted gendered social relations of power through their negotiation of this crucial life transition. Exploring issues of contamination and concealment and the sexualization of women's bodies that occurs at menarche, the authors emphasize how the politics of gender are negotiated on/through women's bodies. They focus on girls, their families and friends at menarche, and explore issues of resistance and change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Physiology - Social Science | Women's Studies - Psychology |
| Dewey: 612.662 |
| LCCN: 96026910 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.22" (1.09 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Blood Stories focuses on menarche as a central aspect of body politics in contemporary US society, emphasizing that women are integrated into the social and sexual order through the body. Using oral and written narratives of 104 diverse women, the authors address the central question of how menarche as a bodily event signifying womanhood takes on cultural significance in a society that devalues women. Exploring issues of contamination and concealment and the sexualization of women's bodies that occurs at menarche, the authors emphasize how the politics of gender are negotiated on/through women's bodies. |