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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> This groundbreaking study of the facts fantasies and taboos surrounding menstruation has helped bring about a profound shift in attitudes towards a natural phenomenon that has been despised and denigrated for centuries. The Wise Wound explores the historical and cultural legacy of this repression from its effects on the way medicine treats women to the displaced appearance of menstrual imagery at all levels of our culture. Combining psychology anthropology and poetry the authors reinterpret the central myths of Christianity including the Grail legends and see the witch trials of the Middle Ages as a symptom of menstrual persecution. (LL)