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

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

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Description xvii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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 Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 145-161 Subject Greek women Maya women. Menarche -- Cross-cultural studies. Menarche. Menopause. Nature and nurture. Menopause -- Cross-cultural studies. Sex role -- Cross-cultural studies. Women peasants -- Cross-cultural studies. Women -- Greece. Women, Greek Cross-Cultural Comparison. Menarche. Menopause. LC no. 88002244 ISBN 0887068669 0887068677 (paperback)

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