Title Hot and bothered : women, medicine, and menopause in modern America / Judith A. Houck

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) Contents "Menopause is not a dangerous time:" medicine menopause, and the new woman, 1897-1937 -- "Endocrine perverts" and "Derailed menopausics:" gender transgressions and mental disturbances, 1897-1937 -- "Consider the patient as a woman and not a group of glands:" women, menopause, and the medical encounter, 1938-1962 -- "The Change emancipates women:" menopause, domesticity, and liberation in the popular literature, 1938-1962 -- "Casting an evil spell over her once happy home:" menopause as a family disease, 1938-1962 -- "Why all the fuss?:" middle-class women and the denial of the menopausal body, 1938-1962 -- Feminine forever: Robert A. Wilson and the hormonal revolution, 1963-1980 -- "At the will and whim of my hormones:" women, menopause, and the hormonal dilemma, 1963-1980 -- "What do these women want?:" feminists respond to feminine forever, 1963-1980 -- Epilogue: menopause at the turn of the twenty-first century Summary How did menopause change from being a natural (and often welcome) end to a woman's childbearing years to a deficiency disease in need of medical and pharmacological intervention? By examining the history of menopause over the course of the twentieth century, Houck shows how the experience and representation of menopause has been profoundly influenced by biomedical developments and by changing roles for women and the changing definition of womanhood Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-313) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Menopause -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century Menopause -- Treatment -- United States -- History -- 20th century Middle-aged women -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century Menopause. Menopause Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice History, 20th Century Women -- history MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Women's Health. MEDICAL -- History. Menopause Menopause -- Social aspects Middle-aged women -- Health and hygiene Menopauze. Medicalisering. Sociale geschiedenis. SUBJECT United States Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780674038813 0674038819

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