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Blood magic : the anthropology of menstruation
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- Creator
- edited, with an introduction by Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb
- Included Title
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- JSTOR ebooks
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Reprinted 2019
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1988]
- ©1988
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (x, 326 pages) : illustrations
- text file
- ISBNs
- 0520340566, 9780520063501, 9780520340565, 0520063503
- OCLC
- on1153454005
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-314) and index.
- Acknowledgments -- Editors' note -- Part I. Introduction -- 1. A critical appraisal of theories of menstrual symbolism / Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb -- Part II. Menstrual images, meanings, and values -- 2. Menstrual cosmology among the Beng of Ivory Coast / Alma Gottlieb -- 3. Mortal flow: menstruation in Turkish village society / Carol Delaney -- 4. Menstruation among the Rungus of Borneo: an unmarked category / Laura W.R. Appell -- Part III. The sociology of menstrual meanings -- 5. Menstrual politics: women and pigs in rural Portugal / Denise L. Lawrence -- 6. Menstrual symbolism in South Wales / Vieda Skultans -- 7. Premenstrual syndrome: discipline, work, and anger in late industrial societies / Emily Martin -- Part IV. Exploratory directions: menses, culture, and time -- 8. Menstruation and the power of Yurok women / Thomas Buckley -- 9. Heavenly bodies: menses, moon, and rituals of license among the Temne of Sierra Leone / Frederick Lamp -- 10. Menstrual synchrony and the Australian rainbow snake / Chris Knight -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index
Subjects
- Menstruation -- Cross-cultural studies.
- Menstruation -- Folklore.
- Menstruation -- Social aspects.
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Social ecology.
- Folklore.
- Menstruation -- psychology
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- Cross-Cultural Comparison
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- Social Environment
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- Folklore
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