Learning about “the curse”: An anthropological perspective on experiences of menstruation
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Experience of Menarche Among Jordanian Adolescent Girls: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
2016, Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyCitation Excerpt :For example, in the nations of Benin, Cameroon, and Zambia, menarche is considered a joyful event, where girls receive new pajamas and towels to prepare for menstruation.3 In Zambia and Sri Lanka, women go into seclusion during menstruation for respite and girls at menarche receive gifts of jewelry and new dresses.3,7 Likewise in many states in Southern India, menarche is celebrated by a big feast and girls receive jewelry.3
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2015, Social Science and MedicineCitation Excerpt :The social sciences have endeavored to deconstruct past and present medical representations of a number of physiological changes experienced by women: menopause (Kaufert and Gilbert, 1986; Lock, 1993; Diasio &Vinel, 2007), pre-menstrual syndrome (Martin, 1992), pregnancy (Löwy, 2009; Neiterman, 2010). Puberty among girls has been mainly treated in terms of menarche: whereas cultural and historical representations of menarche are well documented (Chebel, 1984; Britton, 1996; Brumberg, 1997; Fingerson, 2005; Mardon, 2009), publications on the male experiences and representations of puberty in Europe and North America are wanting (Mora, 2012). As a consequence, little research has been carried out in the social sciences on medical and epidemiological descriptions of puberty or on health care for pubertal children (Roberts, 2013; Cozzi, 2013, 2014; Vinel, 2014b).
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