The modern period : menstruation in twentieth-century America / / Lara Freidenfelds
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| Autore: |
Freidenfelds Lara <1972->
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| Titolo: |
The modern period : menstruation in twentieth-century America / / Lara Freidenfelds
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 612.6/62 |
| Soggetto topico: | Menstruation - United States - History - 20th century |
| Feminine hygiene products - United States - History - 20th century | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The modern period |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-9829-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821930303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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