TY - BOOK ID - 77900863 TI - From menarche to menopause PY - 1989 SN - 0585063524 9780585063522 0887068669 9780887068669 0887068677 9780887068676 0791496686 PB - Albany State University of New York Press DB - UniCat KW - Menopause KW - Menarche KW - Maya women. KW - Women KW - Sex role KW - Women peasants KW - Nature and nurture. KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison. KW - Menarche. KW - Menopause. KW - Change of Life, Female KW - Transcultural Studies KW - Comparison, Cross-Cultural KW - Comparisons, Cross-Cultural KW - Cross Cultural Comparison KW - Cross-Cultural Comparisons KW - Studies, Transcultural KW - Study, Transcultural KW - Transcultural Study KW - Cultural Characteristics KW - Culture KW - Environment and genetics KW - Environment and heredity KW - Genetics and environment KW - Heredity and environment KW - Nature KW - Nature versus nurture KW - Nurture and nature KW - Genetics KW - Heredity KW - Human beings KW - Peasant women KW - Peasants KW - Rural women KW - Mayan women KW - Mayas KW - Women, Maya KW - Menstruation KW - Puberty KW - Change of life in women KW - Female change of life KW - Female climacteric KW - Climacteric KW - Nurture KW - Effect of environment on KW - Women's Rights KW - Social Science KW - Political Science KW - Women's rights KW - Social science KW - Political science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77900863 AB - While menopause is a universal fact of life, the physiological and psychological effects for women are not the same in all cultures. In this comparative and cross-cultural ethnographic study, Beyene examines the concept and experience of menopause among Greek and Mayan peasant women, uncovering some startling information. Available research and experience thus far suggests that non-Western, nonindustrialized women often do not have the same psychological or physiological reactions to menopause as Western, industrialized women do.By comparing the reproductive histories of one group of peasant women to another, the author makes it possible to isolate historical, cultural and environmental factors relating to variations or similarities in response to menopause. Her findings underscore the plasticity of the human aging experience, particularly among women. The book presents a biocultural view linking the experience of menopause to diet and fertility patterns, and provides new insights and hypotheses on the reproductive cycle and aging in women. ER -