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Jun. 30 | 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due
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Resources: Abstracts of American Studies Dissertations
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Lovaas, Karen Elizabeth. "Waging Hormones," American Studies Program, University of Hawaii, Manoa, August 1993. Advisor: David Stannard (2, 18)
This dissertation is a study of the evolution of premenstrual syndrome as a clinical entity and cultural phenomenon in the U.S. during the 1980s. It includes 1) an analysis of the social climate in which menstrual cycle research has been conducted in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and 2) an analysis of women’s perceptions of PMS based on 45 interviews and 288 questionnaires. The study concludes that labelling women’s experience as PMS reinforces the conservative belief that women are adversely affected by reproductive biology and undermines efforts to improve women’s social status by providing a means to discount their legitimate complaints.
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