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Author:   Laura Fingerson
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780791468999

ISBN 10:   0791468992
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   10 August 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Menstruation is ... Salient Body Experiences The Teen Participants The Interviewers Analysis of the Data Organization of This Book 2. Negative and Ambivalent Experiences Concealment and Shame The Horrors of Leaking ""Why I Never Carry a Purse"" The Body as Actor What If It Gets Stuck? Tampax Ads in a Room Full of Boys The Checkout Boy ""Surfin' the Crimson Wave"" ""It's Not a Big Deal"" 3. Cultural Contexts Cultural History of Menstruation Concealment and Hygiene Taboos Contemporary Views and Advice Historical Context of Health and Medicine Schools The Family Media, Advertising, and Merchandising 4. Medicalization and Gender Politics of the Body Medicalization of Menstruation Fifth-Grade Health Class Menstruation as a Reproductive Issue What About the Blood? Every Single Month Forever and Ever Menstrual Suppression? The Value of Female Bodies What If Men Could Menstruate? Understanding Gender Living in Our Bodies 5. Girls in Power Agency and Power Creatively Responding to Dominant Social Norms Forging Connections ""I Don't Think Boys Could Handle It"" Menstruation Is Social Getting ""It"" Stories and Supportive Talk What's Normal How Embarrassing! But Adults Don't Talk This Way! Interviewing in Community Groups Isn't Menstruation a Personal Event? ""We Should Just Create a Women's Store"" 6. Boys' Responses Knowledge Is Power Blaming Menstruation ""Grossing Them Out"" Menstruation as a Sexual Issue Boys' Jokes Who Has the Power? Embarrassing and Teasing Girls Girls' Advantages Expressing Power: Second and Third Wave Feminism Potential for Manipulation Alternate Responses by Boys ""My Friend Kristin Explained ..."" Beef Jerky 7. Conclusion: Bodies in Interaction The Teens' Concluding Thoughts Different Interpretations Social Interactions and Gendered Power Menstrual Celebrations Reflections on Research Methods Conclusion Appendix A: Participants in Individual and Group Interviews Girls Boys Appendix B: Interview Guides Individual Interviews Group Interviews Notes References Index

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This work is part of a growing field that gives more attention to children and adolescents in creating their own unique social networks within the broader world constructed, by adults. Fingerson's interviews with girls as well as boys concerning attitudes about menstruation are new and refreshing. How we are taught to socially manage this bodily process deserves more attention, and Fingerson has helped to carve a path that other researchers may follow.

"""This work is part of a growing field that gives more attention to children and adolescents in creating their own unique social networks within the broader world constructed, by adults. Fingerson's interviews with girls as well as boys concerning attitudes about menstruation are new and refreshing. How we are taught to socially manage this bodily process deserves more attention, and Fingerson has helped to carve a path that other researchers may follow."""

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Laura Fingerson is an independent scholar, who received her PhD in Sociology from Indiana University.

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