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Author Beyene, Yewoubdar.

Title From menarche to menopause : reproductive lives of peasant women in two cultures / Yewoubdar Beyene.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [1989]
©1989

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.42 B573F    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series SUNY series in medical anthropology
SUNY series in medical anthropology.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 145-161.
Note Includes index.
Contents Introduction -- Current assumptions about menopause -- Chichimila: a Mayan village -- Stira: a mountain village in Greece -- Getting to know the women -- Being a woman in Chichimila -- Being a woman in Stira -- Comparing reproductive histories, Part 1: From menarche through childbearing -- Comparing reproductive histories, Part 2: Menopause in two cultures -- Menopause: a biocultural event -- Appendix: A comparison of the distribution of fertility patterns for Mayan and Greek women.
Subject Menopause -- Cross-cultural studies.
Menarche -- Cross-cultural studies.
Maya women.
Women -- Greece.
Sex role -- Cross-cultural studies.
Women peasants -- Cross-cultural studies.
Nature and nurture.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Menarche.
Menopause.
ISBN 0887068669
0887068677 paperback
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