Experiences of Menstruation from the Global South and North: Towards a Visualised, Inclusive, and Applied Menstruation Studies [Hardcover]

Experiences of Menstruation from the Global South and Northpresents academic and creative work on menstruation from menarche to menopause across a range of disciplines. A multi-disciplinary edited collection, it highlights diverse cultural contexts, lived experiences, and activist perspectives, challenging stigmas and taboos.
Experiences of Menstruation from the Global South and Northis an edited collection that presents menstruation across the life course, from menarche to menopause. It takes a multidisciplinary perspective, based on academic research, activism, and creative work, to look at the varied and diverse lived experiences of menstruators across the Global South and North.

Beyond the biological facts of menstruation, there is little we can agree upon in a global context where culture determines what menstruation is, what consequences it has for the individual, and how it is best managed. The lived experience of menstruators is inextricably entangled with the body, cultured concepts of gender, religion, economics, and of course, life itself. This volume unpacks concepts in a poly-vocal approach, highlights creative and transformative methods, and expands menstrual health and hygiene management discourses to emphasise structural issues of gender inequality, politics, and human rights. It is a thought-provoking volume which exposes the reader to the geographical, social, cultural, gender- and age-related subjectivities in which menstruation is experienced, examined through a variety of epistemological approaches. The book thus sets the ball rolling for further advancement of knowledge production around menstrual experiences in all their diversity. -- Udita Bose,LSE Review Of Books

Kay Standing,Professor in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University,Sara Parker,Reader in Development Studies, Liverpool John Moores University,Stefanie Lotter,Senior Research Fellow, SOAS, The University of LolÃB