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The Slow Moon Climbs : the Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause by Susan P. Mattern is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Slow Moon Climbs : the Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause about?
The first truly comprehensive history of Menopause covering how and why it evolved in humans, the role it has played in the developmen of civilization, and the different meanings it has taken on in different cultures and different times. **The first comprehensive history of menopause from prehistory to today** Are the ways we look at menopause all wrong? Historian Susan Mattern says yes, and __The Slow Moon Climbs__ reveals just how wrong we have been. Taking readers from the rainforests of Paraguay to the streets of Tokyo, Mattern draws on historical, scientific, and cultural research to reveal how our perceptions of menopause developed from prehistory to today. For most of human history, people had no word for menopause and did not view it as a medical condition. Rather, in traditional foraging and agrarian societies it was a transition to another important life stage. This book, then, introduces new ways of understanding life beyond fertility. Mattern examines the fascinating “Grandmother Hypothesis”—which argues for the importance of elders in the rearing of future generations—as well as other evolutionary theories which have generated surprising insights about menopause and th
Who reads The Slow Moon Climbs : the Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Susan P. Mattern
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691185644
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, History, Biology