Section outline

◄Body – a central nod in a symbolic and social structure
►Summarizing topics; connecting concepts

  • reading
    Lock, M., Kaufert, P. (2001). Menopause, local biologies, and cultures of aging. American Journal of Human Biology, 13(4), 494.   
    Or
    Lock, M., Nguyen, V. K. (2010). An Anthropology of Biomedicine Oxford. The end of menstruation: 84-89.
    guiding questions

    What is menopause?

    - when and how did the concept emerge?

    - how is it defined by medical discourse?

    - how it is experienced by people?

    What is kônenki?

    - how medicalization of the transformation labeled as menopause happened?

    - what has it changed in Japanese society?

◄Body – a central nod in a symbolic and social structure
►Summarizing topics; connecting concepts