{"product_id":"the-modern-period-lara-freidenfelds-9780801892455","title":"The Modern Period: Menstruation in Twentieth-Century America","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2010 Emily Toth Award for Best Book in Women's Studies, Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Modern Period\u003c\/i\u003e examines how and why Americans adopted radically new methods of managing and thinking about menstruation during the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early twentieth century women typically used homemade cloth \"diapers\" to absorb menstrual blood, avoided chills during their periods to protect their health, and counted themselves lucky if they knew something about menstruation before menarche. New expectations at school, at play, and in the workplace, however, made these menstrual traditions problematic, and middle-class women quickly sought new information and products that would make their monthly periods less disruptive to everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLara Freidenfelds traces this cultural shift, showing how Americans reframed their thinking about menstruation. She explains how women and men collaborated with sex educators, menstrual product manufacturers, advertisers, physical education teachers, and doctors to create a modern understanding of menstruation. Excerpts from seventy-five interviews--accounts by turns funny and moving--help readers to identify with the experiences of the ordinary people who engineered these changes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Modern Period\u003c\/i\u003e ties historical changes in menstrual practices to a much broader argument about American popular modernity in the twentieth century. Freidenfelds explores what it meant to be modern and middle class and how those ideals were reflected in the menstrual practices and beliefs of the time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis accessible study sheds new light on the history of popular modernity, the rise of the middle class, and the relationship of these phenomena to how Americans have cared for and managed their bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lara Freidenfelds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801892457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801892455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2009 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2009 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 62","brand":"Lara Freidenfelds","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48748344082687,"sku":"9780801892455","price":67.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-modern-period-lara-freidenfelds-9780801892455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}