Alleviative bleeding: Bloodletting, menstruation and the politics of ignorance in a Brazilian blood donation centre

Body and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-144

  Sanabria, Emilia ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Blood; Brazil; Humours; Menstrual suppression; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949131424     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X09104112     Document Type: Article

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