Menopause: A Biocultural Perspective

by Lynnette L. Sievert and Lynnette Leidy Sievert

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813538564
• ISBN13: 9780813538563
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"