Menarche and the Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary U.S. Society
by
Janet Lee, Jennifer Sasser-Coen
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
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...