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The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies

Chris Bobel · Inga T. Winkler · Breanne Fahs · Katie Ann Hasson · Elizabeth Arveda Kissling · Tomi-Ann Roberts Editors

The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies

Editors Chris Bobel Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA, USA Breanne Fahs Women and Gender Studies & Social and Cultural Analysis Arizona State University Glendale, AZ, USA Elizabeth Arveda Kissling Women’s & Gender Studies Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA, USA

Inga T. Winkler Institute for the Study of Human Rights Columbia University New York, NY, USA Katie Ann Hasson Center for Genetics and Society Berkeley, CA, USA Tomi-Ann Roberts Department of Psychology Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO, USA

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