书目名称 | Menstrual Bodies and Gender |
副标题 | The Transnational Bu |
编辑 | Eugenia Tarzibachi |
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概述 | Offers a powerful feminist critique of transnational discourses on menstruation.Reveals how markets and gender ideologies have produced a curiously bloodless femininity.Explores new perspectives in fe |
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描述 | .This book interrogates how the so-called “Feminine Care” industry travelled from the United States to Latin America via manufactured and disposable menstrual management technologies and certain narratives about menstrual bodies. The author focuses on Argentina as a case study to deepen the analysis of transnational politics and business practices around menstruation, drawing on women’s voices to unveil why menstruation is still a bodily process that is natural yet taboo in Latin America. This fascinating volume is a must-read for anyone interested in how the “Feminine Care” industry helped reify the insidious social mandate of shame and secrecy over women’s bodily experiences.. |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | menstruation; control technologies; femininity; female body; femininity construction; biopolitics; gender |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2996-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-981-19-2998-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-19-2996-0 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapor |