ISBN:
9780520201620
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0520201620
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9780520916623
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052091662X
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0585131058
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9780585131054
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xliv, 439 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Encounters with aging
DDC:
305.244
Keywords:
Middle-aged women Japan
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Middle-aged women North America
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Menopause Japan
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Menopause North America
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Japan
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North America
;
Middle-aged women
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Middle-aged women
;
Menopause
;
Menopause
;
Menopause
;
Menopause
;
Middle-aged women
;
Middle-aged women
;
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena
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Adult
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Sociology
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Climacteric
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Culture
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Persons
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Social Sciences
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Age Groups
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Anthropology, Cultural
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Sexual Development
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Named Groups
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena
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Anthropology
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Phenomena and Processes
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Menopause
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Social Environment
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Women
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Middle Aged
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Middle-aged women
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Life Stages ; General
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Menopause
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Japan
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North America
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Lock explicitly compares Japanese and North American medical and political accounts of female middle age to challenge Western assumptions about menopause. She uses ethnography, interviews, historical and popular culture materials, and medical publications to produce a detailed account of Japanese women's lives
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-428) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-428) and index
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520082212.001.0001
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