Menopause and culture /
Using case studies from Australia and the Philippines, this volume refutes the notion that menopause is solely a physical condition, and argues that it is influenced by a variety of factors, one of them being culture.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, Va. :
Pluto Press,
1999.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781849640503 1849640505 0585433674 9780585433677 9780745314839 074531483X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Menopause and medicalisation
- The quick-fix controversy
- Menopause across cultures
- Conceptualising culture
- Physical and psychological menopause experiences
- The sociocultural mediation of menopause
- Analysing menopause : a change for the better.