TY  - GEN
AU  - Dammery,Sally
TI  - First Blood : A Cultural Study of Menarche
SN  - oapen_628132
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Clayton, Victoria, Australia
PB  - Monash University Publishing
KW  - History: specific events & topics
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Sociology
KW  - menarche
KW  - menstruation
KW  - first menstruation
KW  - cultural attitudes to menstruation
KW  - menstruation and religion
KW  - folklore about menstruation
KW  - historical attitudes to menstruation
KW  - implications of menstruation
KW  - beliefs about menstruation
KW  - Menarche
KW  - Menstruation
N1  - Open Access
N2  - What woman forgets discovering her first period? First Blood examines the ways in which women from various countries - India, Sri Lanka, England, the Philippines, Greece, Italy, Uganda, Indonesia, Fiji, Chile, Ukraine, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong - recall this moment of menarche and what it meant to them, their families, and their societies. What is the mystique of women's first blood? Blood is blood - or is it? What is the history of menstruation, and does this history belong to women? Who created the meanings associated with menarche, and why? Are there marked cultural differences? Have meanings changed over time? First Blood answers these questions and investigates beliefs and traditions surrounding menarche, including the concepts of uncleanness, ceremony, secrecy, and lore still existing in many parts of the world. The influence of the sanitary hygiene industry is also explored, as is the role of the pharmaceutical industry in making menstruation optional
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/bb8373e0-16e6-463b-8a55-0e8bf4cdaec2/628132.pdf
UR  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31441
ER  -