Encounters With Aging

Encounters With Aging Mythologies of Menopause in Japan and North America

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780520916623
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.244
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 439