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(More customer reviews)I have met the author, briefly, and heard her present at meetings about menstrual cycle research. This book is a very clear and accessible effort, valuable to students, academics, researchers, health care providers, and women in menopause. The tables and figures are illuminating and readily followed, and the notes and references sections invite the reader to delve further, along various lines of interest. As I prepare to write up the data from my own research project, Leidy Sievert's example is both stimulating and inspiring. Her training in anthropology and grounding in the biocultural perspective she elucidates in the book help her convey information without judgment, but also with humor and a heart.
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Menopause is a biological reality for all women in their forties and fifties. Yet the way we think about the cessation of menstruation is influenced by a variety of factors. Cultural and technological influences combine with biology to transform this universal phenomenon into an experience that varies considerably between cultures and individuals. In this concise textbook, Lynnette Leidy Sievert draws on her own case studies from Puebla, Mexico, and western Massachusetts, as well as on comparative data from other studies in places such as Slovenia, Paraguay, and Hawaii to explore the different ways that women experience menopause around the world. Sievert suggests that attempts by medical professionals to define the "normal" occurrence ofmenopause, including its typical onset and symptoms, may not be realistic when considering how lifestyle, nutrition, and workload can contribute to diverging realities. She explores how women feel about interventions such as hysterectomies, chemotherapy, and other medical procedures and treatments that stop menstruation prematurely. Chapters also consider recent advances in technology, including post-menopausal birth, which have turned what was previously an unavoidable end of fertility into something that can be postponed. A unique comparative look at women's experiences, this text brings new perspectives to the mainstream literature on the subject and invites readers to consider compelling questions about menopause, its meanings, and its future.A theme book in the Studies in Medical Anthropology series, edited by Alan Harwood.
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