Menopause

A Midlife Passage

Author: Joan C. Callahan
ISBN: 0253208173

"In Menopause: A Midlife Passage, [questions about menopause] are considered in depth from a dazzling variety of angles. This is just the serious feminist discussion of menopause that I have been longing for.... its exquisite analyses renew us in our struggles to make sense of it all." —Alice Dan, Women’s Review of Books"Menopause has become a hot (with or without the flashes) topic in America. That’s because a critical mass of us have reached it and are educated, aggressive, and confident enough to want to know what’s happening to us, and then to talk about it.... Smart, useful, funny, Menopause: A Midlife Passage is a fine addition to the discussion, a healthy companion for this all-important life passage." —Susan Stamberg, Special Correspondent, National Public Radio"Editor Callahan takes anything but a trendy approach to a very trendy topic. She’s gathered essays by scholarly women who have thought through society’s position on menopause and menopausal women and donâ€

Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publish Date: 1993

Subjects: Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Mid-life/Older Women)