First Blood: A Cultural Study of Menarche

By Sally Dammery

What woman forgets the moment of discovering her first period? First Blood examines the ways in which women from countries as diverse as India and Sri Lanka, England, the Philippines, Greece, Italy, Uganda, Indonesia, Fiji, Chile, Ukraine, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong, recall this moment of menarche and what it meant to them, their families, and their societies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1925377040
• ISBN13: 9781925377040
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Monash University Publishing
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"