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Title Blood magic : the anthropology of menstruation / edited, with an introduction by Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c1988.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	305.4 B623	---	Available

Description	x, 326 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note	Includes index.
Bibliography	Bibliography: p. [281]-314.
Contents	1. A critical appraisal of theories of menstrual symbolism / T. Buckley and A. Gottlieb -- 2. Menstrual cosmology among the Beng of Ivory Coast / A. Gottlieb -- 3. Mortal flow / C. Delaney -- 4. Menstruation among the Rungus of Borneo L.W.R. Appell -- 5. Menstrual politics / D.L. Lawrence -- 6. Menstrual symbolism in South Wales / V. Skultans -- 7. Premenstrual syndrome / E. Martin -- 8. Menstruation and the power of Yorok women -- 9. Heavenly bodies / F. Lamp -- 10. Menstrual synchrony and the Australian rainbow snake / C. Knight.
Subject	Menstruation -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Menstruation -- Folklore.
	Menstruation -- Social aspects.
Added Author	Buckley, Thomas.
	Gottlieb, Alma.
ISBN	0520060857 (alk. paper)