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A Cultural History of Menstruation Janice Delaney MaryJane Lupton EmilyToth A Cultural Histoiy of Menstruation Janice Delaney MaryJane Lupton EmilyToth Although menstruationis atopic ofinter- est to every woman, it has seldom been discussed openly. Recent coverage of the subject has tended to be somber and de- fensive in tone, yet most young women today have a positive, even celebratory attitude toward the female body and its functions. Janice Delaney, MaryJane Lupton and Emily Toth were each teachingliterature in college when they decided to collabo- rate on a book about menstruation that would treat the subject from a truly con- temporaryviewpoint. Theresultis abook thatisbothtremendouslyinformativeand ajoytoread. Itcoversnotonlytaboosand medical approaches, ancient and modern, but menstrual humor, the sanitary prod- ucts industry, advertising and emerging attitudes in art, literature and daily life. Marked by fresh perceptions, a sprightly style and solid scholarship, The (Continuedon backflap) Christ as '76 it) THE CURSE THE CURSE A Cultural History ofMenstruation JANICE DELANEY MARY JANE LUPTON EMILY TOTH A Sunrise Book DUTTON & E. P. CO., INC. NEW YORK Grateful acknowledgment is given the following for permission to quote from copyrightedmaterial: Debbie Lempke, "The Bloods," from The Berkeley Music Collective Songbook. Copyright© 1974by Debbie Lempke. Lines from "She Shall Be CalledWoman' are reprinted fromCollected Poems (1930-1973) by May Sarton with the permission ofW. W. Norton & Company, Inc., copyright© 1974 by May Sarton. Nadine MacDonald, "On Menstruating in the Middle ofa Lecture on the Fall ofthe Roman Empire," copyright © 1971 by Thomas E. Sanders. Reprinted fromCurrents: Concerns and Composition (Glencoe Press). Portions of this book appeared in somewhat different form in Rough Times magazine and theWomen'sAlmanac. Copyright©1976byJaniceDelaney,MaryjaneLupton,andEmilyToth Allrightsreserved.PrintedintheU.SA. FirstEdition 987654321 10 Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorby anymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,orany informationstorageandretrievalsystemnowknownortobeinvented,with- outpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhowishes toquotebriefpassagesinconnectionwithareviewwrittenforinclusionina magazine,newspaperorbroadcast. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Delaney,Janice. Thecurse. "ASunrisebook." Includesbibliographicalreferences. 1.Menstruation.2.Menstruation(inreligion,folklore,etc.) 3.Menstruationinliterature. I.Lupton,MaryJane,jointauthor. II.Toth,Emily,jointauthor. III.Title. RG163.D441976 612.6'62 76-5461 ISBN:0-87690-222-0 PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanadabyClarke,Irwin<bCompanyLimited, TorontoandVancouver DesignedbyTheEtheredges ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many generous people have contributedtheirinformationand insightstothisbook.Whileitisimpossibletomentionthemall, we would like to thank the following people for their special help: Sarah Begus, Arthur Delaney, Dorothy Ginsberg Fitzgibbons,John Fitzgibbons, GenetHeiligh, Nancy Henley, Vickie Leonard, Richard A. Macksey, Elaine Markson, Mary Brown Parlee, May Sarton, James G. Sites, M.D., Marion Kelly, Bruce Toth, Aimee Wiest, Wilson, and Jane J. J. Yates. Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 in http://archive.org/details/curseculturalhiOOdela
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