Menopause and the Transmission of Women's Knowledge: African American and White Women's Perspectives Export

@article{citeulike:3733209, abstract = {Recent menopause literature does not sufficiently explore women's attitudes on the transmission of knowledge about menopause from sources other than biomedical providers. Analysis of 70 interviews with African American and Euro-American women shows that their perceptions of the intergenerational transfer of knowledge about menopause from their mothers shaped their attitudes toward menopause and the health-care technologies surrounding it. African American women who grew up in the segregated South frequently expressed that their mothers provided them with the knowledge and power to negotiate difficulties during the menopausal process, while many middle-class Euro-American women expressed that their mothers did not. Drawing on literature that examines the effects of race, class, and kinship on mother/daughter relationships, this article explores the reasons for this divergence.}, author = {Agee, Eve}, citeulike-article-id = {3733209}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/649463}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/649463}, doi = {10.2307/649463}, issn = {07455194}, journal = {Medical Anthropology Quarterly}, keywords = {menopause}, number = {1}, pages = {73--95}, posted-at = {2008-12-01 17:40:53}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Anthropological Association}, series = {New Series}, title = {Menopause and the Transmission of Women's Knowledge: African American and White Women's Perspectives}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/649463}, volume = {14}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3733209 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3733209 N2 - Recent menopause literature does not sufficiently explore women's attitudes on the transmission of knowledge about menopause from sources other than biomedical providers. Analysis of 70 interviews with African American and Euro-American women shows that their perceptions of the intergenerational transfer of knowledge about menopause from their mothers shaped their attitudes toward menopause and the health-care technologies surrounding it. African American women who grew up in the segregated South frequently expressed that their mothers provided them with the knowledge and power to negotiate difficulties during the menopausal process, while many middle-class Euro-American women expressed that their mothers did not. Drawing on literature that examines the effects of race, class, and kinship on mother/daughter relationships, this article explores the reasons for this divergence. IS - 1 JF - Medical Anthropology Quarterly SE - New Series SN - 07455194 EP - 95 TI - Menopause and the Transmission of Women's Knowledge: African American and White Women's Perspectives PB - Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Anthropological Association VL - 14 SP - 73 KW - menopause AU - Agee, Eve PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/649463 ER -