Menopause as magic marker: Discursive consolidation in the United States and strategies for cultural combat

Reinterpreting Menopause: Cultural and Philosophical Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 176-199

  Gullette, Margaret Morganroth ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203379516-15     Document Type: Chapter

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