Anthropology of Menstruation

Anthropology of Menstruation: Students’ “Periods” and Development Assistance
Elli Sugita and Mariko Shinmoto (eds.)

210 mm x 148 mm
304 pages
JPY3,500
ISBN 9784790717683
Pub date: June 2022

What makes menstruation a social problem? This book presents case studies concerning menstruation from around the world, analyzing cultural practices and views of menstruation unique to each region and capturing local contexts and current states of menstruation management. This is a book that is needed now for school and sex education.

Reviews
“A must-read book for school education and sex education at ...where you can see the state of society, shared values, power distribution, and the direction of each society.” —Maho Isono, anthropologist

Table of Contents
Preface

Part I: Menstruation as a global development issue

Chapter 1: Menstrual health management as an international development goal— What is MHM?
Chapter 2: Cultural anthropological issues of menstruation as a subject of international development

Part II: Local contexts and menstruation management by region

Chapter 3: Menstruation management and developmental assistance for the Abelam, slash-and-burn farmers in Papua New Guinea
Chapter 4: How middle-school girls in rural Indonesia manage menstruation— Focusing on school education and Islamic norms
Chapter 5: Women and the meaning of “silence” in rural Cambodian society— Focusing on experiences and practices related to menstruation
Chapter 6: Coping with menstruation and changes in India— A struggle between development and impure ideas about menstruation
Chapter 7: Menstrual views and sexuality in East Africa— Cases from Kenya and Uganda
Chapter 8: Did Uganda’s MHM support policies change menstruation culture?— A focus on local realities in Eastern Uganda
Chapter 9: Appropriate support based on a survey of menstruation management in “the other Nicaragua”
Chapter 10: Menstrual education in Japan and the menstrual status of junior high school girls

Part III: Toward practice for MHM support

Chapter 11: Implications for developmental practices as seen in local contexts

Appendix: Matrices
“Menstruation × Cultural Anthropology” key references list
Index
Afterword

Keywords
menstrual poverty, fieldwork, development, gender, sexuality, girls education, sex education, poverty, gender equality, toilet, taboo, reproductive health/rights, pill, dysmenorrhea

Media Coverage
Asahi Shimbun, Shinano Mainichi Shimbun, Gender Studies