Transnational Engagements: Cultural and Religious Practices Related to Menstruation

Trisha Maharaj; Inga T. Winkler

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_15

Transnational Engagements: Cultural and Religious Practices Related to Menstruation

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In: The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies [Internet]. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan; 2020. Chapter 15.

2020 Jul 25.

Authors

Trisha Maharaj¹, Inga T. Winkler²

Book Editors

Chris Bobel¹, Inga T. Winkler², Breanne Fahs³, Katie Ann Hasson⁴, Elizabeth Arveda Kissling⁵, Tomi-Ann Roberts⁶

Affiliations

¹ Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
² Garden City Park, NY, USA

Book Affiliations

¹ Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA
² Garden City Park, NY, USA
³ Women and Gender Studies & Social and Cultural Analysis, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ, USA
⁴ Center for Genetics and Society, Berkeley, CA, USA
⁵ Women’s & Gender Studies, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, USA
⁶ Department of Psychology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Excerpt

This transnational engagement brings together participants from various cultural and religious backgrounds in a dialogue about menstrual practices. They are asked to consider their own experiences with these practices and reflect on how the practices have affected them. The discussion makes clear that participants have varying understandings and views of traditional menstrual practices, and that these views often challenge the common depiction of traditional practices as restrictions that are forced upon women.

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