Flow: the cultural story of menstruation
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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.
As irreverent as it is informative, Flow gives an everyday occurrence its true props – and eradicates the stigma placed on it for centuries.
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Stein, E., & Kim, S. (2009). Flow: the cultural story of menstruation. New York, St. Martin's Griffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Stein, Elissa and Susan Kim. 2009. Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation. New York, St. Martin's Griffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Stein, Elissa and Susan Kim, Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation. New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Stein, Elissa. and Susan Kim. Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation. New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Language -- Where we are today -- So how did we get here? -- Hysteria -- Seeing red -- Sex and religion -- Society's role -- Timeline -- Happily ever after -- Advertising -- The scent of a woman -- So now you're a woman! -- Back to basics -- When good periods go bad -- Staunching the flow -- Hey, is it getting hot in here? -- Outside the box. | |
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