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Recent books reviewed or mentioned on this site

America's Strangest Museums by Sandra Gurvis (Citadel Press/Carol, 1996 [there is a newer edition])

The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg (Random House, 1997, $25; buy it)

Co-wives and Calabashes by Sally Price. (University of Michigan Press, second edition 1993, $16.95; buy it)

The Curse: Confronting the Last Unmentionable Taboo: Menstruation by Karen Houppert (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999, $24; buy it)

The Curse: A Cultural History of Menstruation by Janice Delaney, Mary Jane Lupton and Emily Toth (University of Illinois Press, 1988; buy it)

Fevered Lives: Tuberculosis in American Culture Since 1870 by Catherine Ott (Harvard University Press, 1997; paperback, 1999; buy it)

Off Beat Museums by Saul Rubin (Santa Monica Press, Santa Monica, California), first edition (The second edition does not have this museum listed, since it's closed). Buy at 1-800-784-9553, for $17.95, plus $3 shipping. Or write Santa Monica Press, P.O. Box 1076, Dept. 4646, Santa Monica, CA 90406, USA.

Is Menstruation Obsolete? by Elsimar M. Coutinho, and Sheldon J. Segal (Oxford University Press, 1999; buy it)
Reviewed by Kathleen O'Grady

Rebels in White Gloves: Coming of Age with Hillary's Class - Wellesley '69 by Miriam Horn (Random House, 1999; buy it)

Sweet Secrets: Stories of Menstruation by Kathleen O'Grady and Paula Wansbrough (Toronto: Second Story Press, 1997; buy it)

The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction by Rachel Maines (Johns Hopkins Press, 1999; buy it)

Things on the Net Newt Wouldn't Want You to See by B. Ballsey (yes, that's correct; it's out of print, but try to find it at amazon.com)


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