Flow : the cultural story of menstruation / Elissa Stein and Susan Kim.
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TextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 270 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 031237996X
- 9780312379964
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Main Library | NonFiction | 612.662 S819 | Available | 33111005707043 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this hip, hilarious and truly eye-opening cultural history, menstruation is talked about as never before. Flow spans its fascinating, occasionally wacky and sometimes downright scary story: from mikvahs (ritual cleansing baths) to menopause, hysteria to hysterectomies--not to mention the Pill, cramps, the history of underwear, and the movie about puberty they showed you in 5th grade.
Flow answers such questions as: What's the point of getting a period? What did women do before pads and tampons? What about new drugs that promise to end periods--a hot idea or not? Sex during your period: gross or a turn-on? And what's normal , anyway? With color reproductions of (campy) historical ads and early (excruciating) femcare devices, it also provides a fascinating (and mind-boggling) gallery of this complex, personal and uniquely female process.
As irreverent as it is informative, Flow gives an everyday occurrence its true props - and eradicates the stigma placed on it for centuries.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-270).
Language -- Where we are today -- So how did we get here? -- Hysteria -- Seeing red -- Sex and religion -- Society's role -- Menstrual time line -- Advertising -- The scent of a woman -- So now you're a woman! -- Back to basics -- When good periods go bad -- Hey, is it getting hot in here? -- Outside the box.