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Under wraps
| Subtitle | a history of menstrual hygiene technology |
| Publish Place | Lanham |
| Publisher | Lexington Books |
| Publish Year | 2008 |
| Pages | IX, 181p. |
| ISBN/ISSN | 9780739113851 |
| Illustration | ill. |
| Language | English/Engels |
- Shelfmark
- VS 39 2008
| Description | This book looks at the social history of menstrual hygiene by examining it as a technology. As technological users, women developed great savvy in manipulating belts, pins, and pads, and using tampons to effectively mask their entire menstrual period. This masking is a form of passing, though it is not often thought of in that way. By using a technology of passing, a woman might pass temporarily as a non-bleeder, which could help her perform her work duties and not get fired or maintain social engagements like swimming at a summer party and not be marked as having her 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. |
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