Title From menarche to menopause : reproductive lives of peasant women in two cultures / Yewoubdar Beyene

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1989

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 169 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series in medical anthropology SUNY series in medical anthropology. Contents Introduction -- Current assumptions about menopause -- Chichimila: a Mayan village -- Stira: a mountain village in Greece -- Getting to know the women -- Being a woman in Chichimila -- Being a woman in Stira -- Comparing reproductive histories, Part 1: From menarche through childbearing -- Comparing reproductive histories, Part 2: Menopause in two cultures -- Menopause: a biocultural event -- Appendix: A comparison of the distribution of fertility patterns for Mayan and Greek women Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-161) and index Notes Print version record Subject Menopause -- Cross-cultural studies Menarche -- Cross-cultural studies Maya women. Women -- Greece Sex role -- Cross-cultural studies Women peasants -- Cross-cultural studies Nature and nurture. Cross-cultural studies. Menarche. Menopause. Cross-Cultural Comparison Menarche Menopause SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory. Cross-cultural studies Maya women Menarche Menopause Nature and nurture Sex role Women Women peasants Menopause Kulturvergleich Geschlechterrolle Frau Greece Griechenland Maya. Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies Form Electronic book ISBN 0585063524 9780585063522

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