Hot Flushes, Cold Science
A History of the Modern Menopause
(Sprache: Englisch)
For over two thousand years, attitudes to the menopause have created dread, shame and confusion. This meticulously researched and always entertaining book traces the history of 'the change of life' from its appearance in classical texts, to the medical...
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For over two thousand years, attitudes to the menopause have created dread, shame and confusion. This meticulously researched and always entertaining book traces the history of 'the change of life' from its appearance in classical texts, to the medical literature of the 18th century, to up-to-the-minute contemporary clinical approaches. Its progression from natural phenomenon to full-blown pathological condition from the 1700s led to bizarre treatments and often dangerous surgery, and formalized a misogyny which lingers in the treatment of menopausal women today.Louise Foxcroft delves into the archives, the boudoir and the Gladstone bag to reveal the elements that formed the menopause myth: chauvinism, collusion, trial, error and secrecy. She challenges us to rethink absurd assumptions that have persisted through history - that sex stops at the menopause, or that aging should be feared. This story belongs to everybody, certainly to every woman. It redresses the myths and capturesthe truths about menopause in a powerful, taboo-shattering history.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Louise Foxcroft
- 2009, 336 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Granta Books
- ISBN-10: 1847080669
- ISBN-13: 9781847080660
Sprache:
Englisch
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