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SUMMARY:Transitional Bleeding in Early Modern England - Dr Sara Read\, Lou
 ghborough University
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:Sara Read is a literary historian at Loughborough University. 
 Her expertise is in the cultural and literary representations of the repro
 ductive female body in early modern England. She co-edits the history of m
 edicine blog earlymodernmedicine.com. She is the author of several books\,
  most recently\, The Gossips' Choice\, her debut novel which is founded in
  her research specialisms.\n\nThe physiology of menstruation might be time
 less\, but the experience of female reproductive bleeding (from menarche\,
  to menopause) is mediated through different cultural norms at any given t
 ime. So\, for example\, in early modern England\, many considered that the
  onset of menstruation marked a girl’s transition to young womanhood\, a
 nd postpartum bleeding signified a change to motherhood. Medical debates c
 overing expectations about the regularity of the cycle\, the reasons for a
 bsent or excessive bleeding\, or indeed the theories about why women could
  expect to bleed at all were heated in early modern England. This lecture 
 will outline the most common medical theories\, describe the many words an
 d circumlocutions early moderns used to describe menstruation\, and discus
 s prevailing cultural expectations about this event. \nhttps://www.youtube
 .com/c/DarwinCollegeLectureSeries
LOCATION:Online
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