Under Wraps: A History of Menstrual Hygiene Technology
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739113860 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 202 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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In this influential book, Vostral tackles what is often viewed as a taboo subject.Written with academic rigor and filled with keen insights.Under Wraps is a fascinating book to read. It provides a detailed history of an often overlooked aspect of the social history of American women. (Linda Layne, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)While other writers have discussed the hidden nature of the menstrual process, none, to my knowledge, have used the analogy of passing with such consistency like Vostral has. (
This masking is a form of passing, though it is not often thought of in that way. In the United States, for the better part of the twentieth century, menstruation went hand-in-glove with menstrual hygiene. In doing so, the lens of technology provides a way to think about menstrual artifacts, how the artifacts are used, and how women gained the knowledge and skills to use them. As technological users, women developed great savvy in manipulating belts, pins, and pads, and using tampons to effectively mask their entire menstrual period. How women use technologies of passing, and the resulting politics of secrecy, are a part of women's history that has remained under wraps.. Menstruation provides one of the few shared bodily functions that most women will experience during their lifetimes. Yet, these experiences are anything but c
Ekko said VERY interesting!!. I've looked EVERYwhere to find a book that deals with the history of feminine hygiene, and this book has it all! I've read many autobiographies of pioneer women, and no mention has been made on this topic. Thanks, Amazon! You truly have everything I want and need! :-D. "The Many Shapes and Forms of Advertising" according to Stephen W Mohn. Readily disposable and highly absorbent catamenial devices were a direct result of global war due to the highly efficient wound dressings developed from cellulose wood pulp, "cellucotton" , by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in the United States during World War One. As this rather interesting
Vostral is associate professor of gender and women's studies and history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.. Sharra L