Blood Magic

The Anthropology of Menstruation

Thomas Buckley, Alma Gottlieb, Thomas Buckley, Alma Gottlieb

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Jahr: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780520340565
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Scienze sociali
• Thema: Antropologia

Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers, this volume dramatically redefines the anthropological study of menstrual customs. It challenges the widespread image of a universal "menstrual taboo" as well as the common assumption of universal female subordination which underlies it. Contributing important new material and perspectives to our understanding of comparative gender politics and symbolism, it is of particular importance to those interested in anthropology, women's studies, religion, and comparative health systems.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Editors' Note
• PART I. INTRODUCTION
• 1. A Critical Appraisal of Theories of Menstrual Symbolism
• PART II. MENSTRUAL IMAGES, MEANINGS, AND VALUES
• 2. Menstrual Cosmology among the Beng of Ivory Coast
• 3. Mortal Flow: Menstruation in Turkish Village Society
• 4. Menstruation among the Rungus of Borneo: An Unmarked Category
• PART III. THE SOCIOLOGY OF MENSTRUAL MEANINGS
• 5. Menstrual Politics: Women and Pigs in Rural Portugal
• 6. Menstrual Symbolism in South Wales
• 7. Premenstrual Syndrome: Discipline, Work, and Anger in Late Industrial Societies
• PART IV. EXPLORATORY DIRECTIONS: MENSES, CULTURE, AND TIME
• 8. Menstruation and the Power of Yurok Women
• 9. Heavenly Bodies: Menses, Moon, and Rituals of License among the Temne of Sierra Leone
• 10. Menstrual Synchrony and the Australian Ranbow Snake
• Notes
• References
• Contributors
• Index