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Record Nr.

UNINA9910739475603321

Autore

Tarzibachi Eugenia <1979->

Titolo

Menstrual bodies and gender : the transnational business of menstruation from Latin America / Eugenia Tarzibachi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Springer, [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9789811929960

9789811929953

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 pages)

Disciplina

612.662

Soggetti

Menstruation - Social aspects

Feminine hygiene products industry

Menstruation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: Putting Your Body into It -- Retrospective View -- Menstruation and Femininity -- Global Flows: The Femcare Industry -- References -- 2: Menstruating, Doing Gender -- A Women's Thing? -- Shame and the Technologies of Gender -- Technologies of Menstruation Denial -- References -- 3: Advertising "Feminine Protectors:" From Hygiene to Women's Liberation -- The First Moment: Sanitizing a Dirty Body -- The Second Moment: Setting Women Free from Their Menstrual Body -- References -- 4: "Becoming a Young Lady:" The First Period as a Mark of Gender -- Learn to Be a Woman! -- It's Natural, It's a Women's Thing -- References -- 5: The First Person: From "Rags" to Pads and Tampons -- Disposable Pads Were a Great Relief -- Tampons Were Total Liberation -- References -- 6: Conclusion: Overdue Policies on the Menstrual Cycle and Final Remarks -- Economic Agenda -- Educational and Health Agenda -- Policies Related to the Environment -- Policies Related to Public Spaces -- Policies Related to Work -- The Private Sector -- Index.