LEADER 03295nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910455122803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03881-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674038813 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787005 035 $a(EBL)3300146 035 $a(OCoLC)842614155 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000173183 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161977 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173183 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10165101 035 $a(PQKB)11334012 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300146 035 $a(DE-B1597)457658 035 $a(OCoLC)1013936559 035 $a(OCoLC)1029811959 035 $a(OCoLC)1032678876 035 $a(OCoLC)1037976982 035 $a(OCoLC)1041979896 035 $a(OCoLC)1046606925 035 $a(OCoLC)1046998952 035 $a(OCoLC)442778416 035 $a(OCoLC)979967810 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674038813 035 $a(PPN)201892650 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300146 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10313864 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787005 100 $a20050627d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHot and bothered$b[electronic resource] $ewomen, medicine, and menopause in modern America /$fJudith A. Houck 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-01896-6 311 $a0-674-02740-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-313) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. "Menopause Is Not a Dangerous Time" -- $t2. "Endocrine Perverts" and "Derailed Menopausics" -- $t3. "Consider the Patient as a Woman and Not a Group of Glands" -- $t4. "The Change Emancipates Women" -- $t5. "Casting an Evil Spell over Her Once Happy Home" -- $t6. "Why All the Fuss?" -- $t7. Feminine Forever -- $t8. "At the Will and Whim of My Hormones" -- $t9. "What Do These Women Want?" -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aHow did menopause change from being a natural (and often welcome) end to a woman's childbearing years to a deficiency disease in need of medical and pharmacological intervention? By examining the history of menopause over the course of the twentieth century, Houck shows how the experience and representation of menopause has been profoundly influenced by biomedical developments and by changing roles for women and the changing definition of womanhood. 606 $aMenopause$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMenopause$xTreatment$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMiddle-aged women$xHealth and hygiene$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMenopause$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aMenopause$xTreatment$xHistory 615 0$aMiddle-aged women$xHealth and hygiene$xHistory 676 $a618.1/75 700 $aHouck$b Judith A$g(Judith Anne)$01046055 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455122803321 996 $aHot and bothered$92472726 997 $aUNINA