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

• Autore: Tarzibachi Eugenia <1979->
• Pubblicazione: Singapore, : Springer, [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (164 pages)
• Disciplina: 612.662
• Soggetto topico: Menstruation - Social aspects; Feminine hygiene products industry; Menstruation
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Menstrual bodies and gender
• ISBN: 9789811929960; 9789811929953
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910739475603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II