Menopause : a biocultural perspective / Lynnette Leidy Sievert.

Author
Sievert, Lynnette Leidy, 1960- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 220 pages) : illustrations.

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Subject(s)
Series
Studies in medical anthropology [More in this series]
Summary note
Menopause is a biological reality for all women in their forties and fifties. Yet the way we think about the cessation of menstruation is influenced by a variety of factors. Cultural and technological influences combine with biology to transform this universal phenomenon into an experience that varies considerably between cultures and individuals. In this concise book, Lynnette Leidy Sievert draws on her own case studies from Puebla, Mexico, and western Massachusetts, as well as on comparative data from other studies in places such as Slovenia, Paraguay, and Hawaii, to explore the different wa.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-216) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Source of description
Print version record.
Language note
English.
ISBN
  • 9780813539997 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0813539994 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9786610947102
  • 6610947104
Doi
  • 10.36019/9780813539997
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