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Foreword; Richard Jenkins
Chapter 1. The 'Folklore of Menstruation': Researching Vernacular Knowledge and Everyday Experience
Chapter 2. Periods: Historical and Cultural Interpretations of Menstruation
Chapter 3. Positioning Periods in Context: Contemporary Discourses and Dilemmas
Chapter 4. On the Blob: Young Adulthood and Menstrual Lore
Chapter 5. Managing Menstruation: The Menarche and Status Passage
Chapter 6. Talking about My Menstruation: A Generational Comparison
Chapter 7. The Curse: Popular Histories and Cultural Knowledge
Chapter 8. 'Auntie's Come to Tea': Menstrual Euphemism
Chapter 9. Mentioning the Unmentionable: 'Only Joking...'
Chapter 10. Closed for Maintenance: Backstage spaces, and Selling Shame
Chapter 11. Conclusions: Keep Bleeding.
Chapter 1. The 'Folklore of Menstruation': Researching Vernacular Knowledge and Everyday Experience
Chapter 2. Periods: Historical and Cultural Interpretations of Menstruation
Chapter 3. Positioning Periods in Context: Contemporary Discourses and Dilemmas
Chapter 4. On the Blob: Young Adulthood and Menstrual Lore
Chapter 5. Managing Menstruation: The Menarche and Status Passage
Chapter 6. Talking about My Menstruation: A Generational Comparison
Chapter 7. The Curse: Popular Histories and Cultural Knowledge
Chapter 8. 'Auntie's Come to Tea': Menstrual Euphemism
Chapter 9. Mentioning the Unmentionable: 'Only Joking...'
Chapter 10. Closed for Maintenance: Backstage spaces, and Selling Shame
Chapter 11. Conclusions: Keep Bleeding.