Author: Buckley, Thomas ; & Gottlieb, Alma ; editors:
Title: Blood Magic: Anthropology of Menstruation
Description: Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, (1988). orig. wrappers. 22x14cm, x,326 pp, PAPERBACK.. ISBN: 0520063503. Minor rubbing. An ink mark to bottom page-edge. VG. ¶ Contents : 1. A critical appraisal of theories of menstrual symbolism / Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb -- 2. Menstrual cosmology among the Beng of Ivory Coast / Alma Gottlieb -- 3. Mortal flow / Carol Delaney -- 4. Menstruation among the Rungus of Borneo / Laura W.R. Appell -- 5. Menstrual politics / Denise L. Lawrence -- 6. Menstrual symbolism in South Wales / Vieda Skultans -- 7. Premenstrual syndrome / Emily Martin -- 8. Menstruation and the power of Yurok women / Thomas Buckley -- 9. Heavenly bodies / Frederick Lamp -- 10. Menstrual synchrony and the Australian rainbow snake / Chris Knight.

Keywords: 0520063503 Anthropology, Menstruation, Ethnology, Sociology, Menstrual Folklore, Comparative Social, , ,