| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 270 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-270). |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Menstruation.
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Menstruation -- Social aspects.
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Menstruation -- United States -- Popular Works.
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History, 20th Century -- United States -- Popular Works.
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Menstrual Hygiene Products -- history -- United States -- Popular Works.
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| Added Author |
Kim, Susan, 1958-
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| Added Title |
Cultural story of menstruation |
| ISBN |
9780312379964 |
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031237996X |
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