Blood magic : the anthropology of menstruation / edited, with an introduction by Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c1988. - x, 326 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [281]-314.

1. A critical appraisal of theories of menstrual symbolism / Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb -- 2. Menstrual cosmology among the Beng of Ivory Coast / Alma Gottlieb -- 3. Mortal flow / Carol Delaney -- 4. Menstruation among the Rungus of Borneo / Laura W.R. Appell -- 5. Menstrual politics / Denise L. Lawrence -- 6. Menstrual symbolism in South Wales / Vieda Skultans -- 7. Premenstrual syndrome / Emily Martin -- 8. Menstruation and the power of Yurok women -- 9. Heavenly bodies / Frederick Lamp -- 10. Menstrual synchrony and the Australian rainbow snake / Chris Knight.

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Menstruation--Cross-cultural studies.
Menstruation--Folklore.
Menstruation--Social aspects.

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