Reinterpreting menopause : cultural and philosophical issues / edited by Paul A. Komesaroff, Philipa Rothfield, and Jeanne Daly.

Other author Komesaroff, Paul A.
Other author Rothfield, Philipa.
Other author Daly, Jeanne.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y. : Routledge, 1997.
Descriptionvi, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Menopause.
Middle-aged women--Health and hygiene.
Middle-aged women--Psychology.

Contents Mapping menopause: objectivity or multiplicity? / Paul A. Komesaroff ... [et. al.] -- Left hand of the Goddess: the silencing of menopause as a bodily experience of transition / Fiona Mackie -- Menopausal embodiment / Philipa Rothfield -- Medicine and the moral space of the monopausal woman / Paul A. Komesaroff -- Revolting women: women in revolt / Mia Campioni -- Resisting pathologies of age and race: menopause and cosmetic surgery in films by Rainer and Tom / E. Ann Kaplan -- Gynopathia sexualis: theories of decline in biology and aesthetics / Robyn Gardner -- Facing change: women speaking about midlife / Jeanne Daly -- Menopause as magic marker: discursive consolidation in the United States, and strategies for cultural combat / Margaret Morganroth Gullette -- Situating menopause withing the strategies of power: a genealogy / Roe Sybylla -- Sources of abjection in western responses to menopause / Wendy Rogers -- Woman in the menopausal body / Emily Martin -- Menopause and the great divide: biomedicine, feminism, and cyborg politics / Kwok Wei Leng.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96028892
ISBN0415915643 (cloth)
ISBN0415915651 (paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RG186 .R36 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold