Periods in pop culture : menstruation in film and television / / Lauren Rosewarne
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| Autore: |
Rosewarne Lauren
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| Titolo: |
Periods in pop culture : menstruation in film and television / / Lauren Rosewarne
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 612.6/62 |
| Soggetto topico: | Menstruation in popular culture |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: blood hunting -- Women bleeding secretly : the gender, place and segregation of menstruation -- Red tents and moon lodges : menstruation and the rites of passage -- The curse of eve : cramped stomachs and cramped lifestyles -- The menstrual mess : the disgust, horror and fear of menstruation -- I want to suck your blood : sex, sexiness and menstruation -- Bleeding out proud : menstruation and empowerment -- You don't know what you've got til it's gone : absent menstruation -- Where have all the menstruators gone? rereading missing menstruation -- Conclusion: a strange phenomena. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Periods in Pop Culture: Menstruation in Film and Television, by Lauren Rosewarne, investigates the portrayals of menstruation in film and television, spotlighting a paradox of a common bodily occurrence still causing controversy, fear, and offense. This is the first book to focus exclusively on media representations of menstruation and to undertake a comprehensive analysis of its depictions. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Periods in pop culture |
| ISBN: | 1-280-87134-2 |
| 9786613713353 | |
| 0-7391-7001-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910806925703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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