First blood : a cultural study of menarche /

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Author / Creator:Dammery, Sally, author.
Imprint:Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, [2016]
Description:xii, 207 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10766797
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ISBN:9781925377040
1925377040
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Of Blood and Bleeding
  • Chapter 2. The Shocked and the Sanguine
  • Chapter 3. Becoming Unclean
  • Chapter 4. A Rather Special Ceremony
  • Chapter 5. Menstrual Lore
  • Chapter 6. Concealing the Fact
  • Chapter 7. What Should Every Young Girl Know?
  • Chapter 8. From Menarche to Where?
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index