Blood Stories

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

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Women&, Sociology
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Author: Janet Lee, Jennifer Sasser-Coen ISBN: 9781317958826
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 22, 2015
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Janet Lee, Jennifer Sasser-Coen
ISBN: 9781317958826
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 22, 2015
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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 of contamination and concealment and the sexualization of women's bodies that occurs at menarche, the authors emphasize how the politics of gender are negotiated on/through women's bodies.

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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 of contamination and concealment and the sexualization of women's bodies that occurs at menarche, the authors emphasize how the politics of gender are negotiated on/through women's bodies.

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