Blood, Bread and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World
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A feminist poet's mythographic account of the origins of human culture in menstrual rites. Why do women wear lipstick, eye makeup, and earrings? Grahn says the answers lie in the influence of early menstrual rites. She blends archaeology, personal memory, and myth to show that menstruation is what made us human.
Author: Judy Grahn
Format: Hardback, 384 pages
Published: 1993, Beacon Press, United States
Genre: Social Sciences: Textbooks & Study Guides
A feminist poet's mythographic account of the origins of human culture in menstrual rites. Why do women wear lipstick, eye makeup, and earrings? Grahn says the answers lie in the influence of early menstrual rites. She blends archaeology, personal memory, and myth to show that menstruation is what made us human.