Blood Stories: Menarche and the Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary U.S. Society

by Janet Lee and Jennifer Sasser-Coen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415915473
• ISBN13: 9780415915472
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"