Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Editors' Note XI
5. PART I. INTRODUCTION
6. 1. A Critical Appraisal of Theories of Menstrual Symbolism 3
7. PART II. MENSTRUAL IMAGES, MEANINGS, AND VALUES
8. 2. Menstrual Cosmology among the Beng of Ivory Coast 51
9. 3. Mortal Flow: Menstruation in Turkish Village Society 75
10. 4. Menstruation among the Rungus of Borneo: An Unmarked Category 94
11. PART III. THE SOCIOLOGY OF MENSTRUAL MEANINGS
12. 5. Menstrual Politics: Women and Pigs in Rural Portugal 113
13. 6. Menstrual Symbolism in South Wales 137
14. 7. Premenstrual Syndrome: Discipline, Work, and Anger in Late Industrial Societies 161
15. PART IV. EXPLORATORY DIRECTIONS: MENSES, CULTURE, AND TIME
16. 8. Menstruation and the Power of Yurok Women 183
17. 9. Heavenly Bodies: Menses, Moon, and Rituals of License among the Temne of Sierra Leone 210
18. 10. Menstrual Synchrony and the Australian Ranbow Snake 232
19. Notes 257
20. References 281
21. Contributors 315
22. Index 319