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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821930303321

Autore

Freidenfelds Lara <1972->

Titolo

The modern period : menstruation in twentieth-century America / / Lara Freidenfelds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8018-9829-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

612.6/62

Soggetti

Menstruation - United States - History - 20th century

Feminine hygiene products - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Before "modern" menstrual management : keeping secrets, wearing diapers, avoiding chills -- The modern way to talk about menstruation : education, the scientific narrative, and public discussion -- The modern way to behave while menstruating : changing health beliefs and practices -- The modern way to manage menstruation : technology and bodily practices -- Tampons : a case study in controversy.

Sommario/riassunto

This accessible study sheds new light on the history of popular modernity, the rise of the middle class, and the relationship of these phenomena to how Americans have cared for and managed their bodies.