Musings on Perimenopause and Menopause: Identity, Experience, Transition.
300Musings on Perimenopause and Menopause: Identity, Experience, Transition.
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ISBN-13: | 9781772583243 |
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Publisher: | Demeter Press |
Publication date: | 04/23/2021 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 300 |
File size: | 11 MB |
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 3
Introduction A Reading Guide to Musings Laura Wershler (with Heather Dillaway) 9
Section 1 Meno-Typical 21
1 The Anatomy of a Hot Flash Beth Osnes 23
2 Gone Girl: The Menopause in Popular Culture Mary Jane Lupton 27
3 Myths and Misconceptions: Migrant and Refugee Women's Constructions and Experiences of Menopause Jane Ussher Alexandra Hawkey Janette Perz 39
4 The SWAN Study; Gender, Race, Identity, and Menopause Mindy Fried 55
5 Slouching towards Menopause Joanne Gilbert 63
Section 2 Out of Step 65
6 Before Your Time: When Menopause Comes Too Soon Evelina W. Sterling Christine Eads Starr Vuchetich Catherine M. Gordon 67
7 Shadow Story Yolanda Kauffman 85
8 Just before Menopause Donna J. Gelagotis Lee 101
9 Patches Not Pads: An Intersex Experience with Postsurgical (Pseudo) Menopause Georgiann Davis Koyel Khan 107
Section 3 Blood Relations 121
10 Waiting for Seventeen Days Heather Dillaway 123
11 "Dear Magnolia… Nobody Really Understands…What Can I Do?": Reflections on a Perimenopausal Blog as Social Support Gillian Anderson 129
12 Finding Bedrock Marie Maccagno 157
13 Menopause Claimed Laura Wershler 169
Section 4 Unleashed 177
14 Harsh Blessings: On Finding Poetry at Fifty Magali Roy-Féquière 179
15 Uninhabitable Lives: Narrative Strategies of Menopause Experience in Notes on a Scandal and Carol Sylvie Teillay-Gambaudo 185
16 Perimenopause: The Body, Mind, and Spirit in Transition Victoria Team 207
17 From the Crowning to the Crone: Extrapolating Judy Chicago's Birth Project to Older Women Anne Barrett 225
18 All New Panties Cayo Gamber 243
Conclusion Advancing Our Perspectives on the Menopausal Experience Heather Dillaway (with Laura Wershler) 247
Contributor Notes 259