Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, The
Sociology Medicine Gender Studies Medicine/Public Health, general
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2020
1st ed. 2020.
EISBN 9811506140
1. Menstrual Health in the Framework of Human Rights and Substantive Equality.
2. Menstrual Health in Marginalized Settings: Prisoners, Homeless Women, Slum Dwellers, Women with Disabilities, Refugees, IDPs, Sex Workers.
3. Menstrual Health in the Global South: Challenges beyond Access to Pads.
4. Advocacy on Menstrual Justice & Menstrual Equity: Some Reflections from Practice Jennifer.
5. Menstrual Hygiene in Development: Some Critical Reflections from Practice.
6. Policy Making on Menstrual Hygiene Management (including the Sustainable Development Goals).
This open access handbook, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive and carefully curated multidisciplinary genre-spanning view of the state of the field of Critical Menstruation Studies, opening up new directions in research and advocacy. It is animated by the central question: ââwhat new lines of inquiry are possible when we center our attention on menstrual health and politics across the life course?â The chaptersâdiverse in content, form and perspectiveâestablish Critical Menstruation Studies as a potent lens that reveals, complicates and unpacks inequalities across biological, social, cultural and historical dimensions. This handbook is an unmatched resource for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and activists new to and already familiar with the field as it rapidly develops and expands.
2. Menstrual Health in Marginalized Settings: Prisoners, Homeless Women, Slum Dwellers, Women with Disabilities, Refugees, IDPs, Sex Workers.
3. Menstrual Health in the Global South: Challenges beyond Access to Pads.
4. Advocacy on Menstrual Justice & Menstrual Equity: Some Reflections from Practice Jennifer.
5. Menstrual Hygiene in Development: Some Critical Reflections from Practice.
6. Policy Making on Menstrual Hygiene Management (including the Sustainable Development Goals).
This open access handbook, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive and carefully curated multidisciplinary genre-spanning view of the state of the field of Critical Menstruation Studies, opening up new directions in research and advocacy. It is animated by the central question: ââwhat new lines of inquiry are possible when we center our attention on menstrual health and politics across the life course?â The chaptersâdiverse in content, form and perspectiveâestablish Critical Menstruation Studies as a potent lens that reveals, complicates and unpacks inequalities across biological, social, cultural and historical dimensions. This handbook is an unmatched resource for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and activists new to and already familiar with the field as it rapidly develops and expands.
