"I treat my daughters not like my mother treated me" : migrant and refugee women's constructions and experiences of menarche and menstruation

Alexandra J. Hawkey; Jane M. Ussher; Janette Perz

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_10

"I treat my daughters not like my mother treated me" : migrant and refugee women's constructions and experiences of menarche and menstruation

Alexandra J. Hawkey, Jane M. Ussher, Janette Perz

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Menstruation is a material reality at some point in most women's lives. Yet, the discursive meaning assigned to menstruating bodies and the way in which they are experienced is dependent on the sociocultural and historical spaces which they occupy (Lee and Sasser-Coen 1996, 13). Across cultural contexts, menarche is constructed as a symbolic transition from childhood to womanhood, a period of growth and change, often linked with sexual maturation (Lee 2009, 622). While menstrual activists, artists, poets, and women's rights organizations are challenging negative representations and practices surrounding menstruation (Bobel 2010, 42), dominant discourses often still portray menstruation as something dirty and disgusting, and a bodily function to be silenced and concealed (Brantelid, NilvÃƒÂ©r, and Alehagen 2014, 606; Mason et al. 2013, 4; see also Wood [Chapter 25] in this volume).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies
Editors	Chris Bobel, Inga T. Winkler, Breanne Fahs, Katie A. Hasson, Elizabeth A. Kissling, Tomi-Ann Roberts
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	99-113
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811506147
ISBN (Print)	9789811506130
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_10
Publication status	Published - 2020

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culture
immigrants
menarche
menstruation
women

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Hawkey, A. J., Ussher, J. M., & Perz, J. (2020). "I treat my daughters not like my mother treated me" : migrant and refugee women's constructions and experiences of menarche and menstruation. In C. Bobel, I. T. Winkler, B. Fahs, K. A. Hasson, E. A. Kissling, & T.-A. Roberts (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies (pp. 99-113). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_10

Hawkey, Alexandra J. ; Ussher, Jane M. ; Perz, Janette. / "I treat my daughters not like my mother treated me" : migrant and refugee women's constructions and experiences of menarche and menstruation. The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies. editor / Chris Bobel ; Inga T. Winkler ; Breanne Fahs ; Katie A. Hasson ; Elizabeth A. Kissling ; Tomi-Ann Roberts. Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. pp. 99-113

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Hawkey, AJ , Ussher, JM & Perz, J 2020, "I treat my daughters not like my mother treated me" : migrant and refugee women's constructions and experiences of menarche and menstruation. in C Bobel, IT Winkler, B Fahs, KA Hasson, EA Kissling & T-A Roberts (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, pp. 99-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_10

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Hawkey AJ , Ussher JM , Perz J. "I treat my daughters not like my mother treated me" : migrant and refugee women's constructions and experiences of menarche and menstruation. In Bobel C, Winkler IT, Fahs B, Hasson KA, Kissling EA, Roberts TA, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. p. 99-113 doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_10

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