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Summary:
- In this hip, funny, and irreverent book, menstruation is explored historically and socially. This full-color book not only offers a trove of fascinating information, but presents a pictorial history of this complex, secret, and uniquely female process.
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Table of Contents:
- Language
- Where we are today
- So how did we get here?
- Hysteria
- Seeing red
- Sex and religion
- Society's role
- Menstrual time line
- Advertising
- The scent of a woman
- So now you're a woman!
- Back to basics
- When good periods go bad
- Hey, is it getting hot in here?
- Outside the box.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-270).
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Physical Description:
- xiii, 270 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Call Numbers:
- QP263 .S73 2009
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ISBNs:
- 9780312379964
031237996X
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Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2009017046
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OCLC Numbers:
- 317929082