The Curse: A Cultural History of Menstruation

The Curse: A Cultural History of Menstruation
ISBN-10
0252014529
ISBN-13
9780252014529
Series
The Curse
Category
Folklore
Pages
334
Language
English
Published
1988
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Authors
Emily Toth, Mary Jane Lupton, Janice Delaney

Description

"In its hard headed, richly documented concreteness, it is worth a thousand polemics." -- New York Times, from a review of the first edition "The Curse deserves a place in every women's studies library collection." -- Sharon Golub, editor of Lifting the curse of Menstruation "A stimulating and useful book, both for the scholarly and the general reader." -- Paula A. Treichler, co-author of A Feminist Dictionary

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