Changing Experience and Interpretation of Menarche by Generation

Authors

  • Mira Mishra Associate Professor of Home Science and Woman Studies, Padma Kanya Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu

Keywords:

menarche, knowledge, messages, sources, women, intergenerational

Abstract

This note seeks to bring to light women’s subjective experience and interpretation of menarche by generation, links up the changes with changing socio-economic processes and argues that younger Nepali women have relatively concrete information on menstruation than their mothers and grandmothers.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v6i0.10713

Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.6 2014: 119-133

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Author Biography

Mira Mishra, Associate Professor of Home Science and Woman Studies, Padma Kanya Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu

Ms Mishra has written on women, gender and social
change in Nepal.

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Published

2014-07-04

How to Cite

Mishra, M. (2014). Changing Experience and Interpretation of Menarche by Generation. Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 6, 119-133. https://doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v6i0.10713

Issue

Vol. 6 (2014)

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Articles

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Copyright is transferred to the Department of Sociology/Anthropology and Rural Development, Tribhuvan University, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, Nepal

How to Cite

Mishra, M. (2014). Changing Experience and Interpretation of Menarche by Generation. Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 6, 119-133. https://doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v6i0.10713