Description
| Product ID: | 9781786992628 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | It's Only Blood |
| Subtitle: | Shattering the Taboo of Menstruation |
| Authors: | Author: Anna Dahlqvist, Alice E. Olsson |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Development studies, Development studies, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Social discrimination and social justice, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology, Human rights, civil rights, Personal and public health / health education, Women’s health, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Social discrimination & inequality, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Sociology: sexual relations, Human rights, Personal & public health, Women's health, Sweden, India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, USA |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A shocking, illuminating andmoving account of how people around the world are shattering the taboos aroundmenstruation. Across the world, 2 billion people experience menstruation, yet menstruation is seen as a mark of shame. We are told not to discuss it in public, that tampons and sanitary pads should be hidden away, the blood rendered invisible. In many parts of the world, poverty, culture and religion collide causing the taboo around menstruation to have grave consequences. Younger people who menstruate are deterred from going to school, adults from work, infections are left untreated. The shame is universal and the silence a global rule. In It’s Only Blood Anna Dahlqvist tells the shocking but always moving stories of why and how people from Sweden to Bangladesh, from the United States to Uganda, are fighting back against the shame. |
| Imprint Name: | Zed Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-05-15 |
