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Men and Menstruation: A Social Transaction

Men and Menstruation: A Social Transaction

Hardcover

Series: Visual Communication, Book 8

Medical ReferenceLiterary CriticismGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 1433150417
ISBN13: 9781433150418
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Published: Mar 29 2019
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

What's with the men in menstruation? This is the question Men in Menstruation: A Social Transaction sets out to answer. From earliest times men have been puzzled and perplexed by the menstrual cycle and have constructed elaborate taboos, superstitions, and practices attempting to explain why women have a periodical emission of a fluid that resembles blood but is not the result of an injury or affliction. In other words, men want to know why it is possible to bleed and not die. In order to understand what goes on between men and women in the presence of menstruation, this book examines a variety of encounters, referred to as menstrual transactions. From the three women in the Bible who are identified as menstruating to contemporary films, advertising, TV programs and literature, the book explores a wide range of transactions, even including Prince Charles's close encounter of a menstrual kind. The book will appeal to anyone interested in gaining insights into the mystery of menstruation as well as students of gender and women's studies or media theory and history.

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