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Blood Magic The Anthropology of Menstruation

Paperback • 1988 • English • 1. edition

Blood Magic The Anthropology of Menstruation

By Thomas Buckley, Alma Gottlieb

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Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers, this volume dramatically redefines the anthropological study of menstrual customs. It challenges the widespread image of a universal "menstrual taboo" as well as the common assumption of universal female subordination which underlies it. Contributing important new material and perspectives to our understanding of comparative gender politics and symbolism, ...Show more

Anthropology
Social and cultural anthropology

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ISBN

9780520063501

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

1988

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Blood Magic The Anthropology of Menstruation

Format

Paperback

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