Professor and researcher, Universidad de Guadalajara
Contributor, Platypus, The CASTAC Blog
Research Interests
bodily epistemologies | Feminism | Gender | Menstruation |
About María del Rosario
PhD in Anthropological Sciences from UAM Iztapalapa, México. Postdoctoral researcher and guest researcher at CIESAS Occidente, and is currently a research professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Member of the National System of Researchers. Author of the book " Mujeres en círculo: espiritualidad y corporalidad femenina". I have focused my studies on unaffiliated young people and women in urban areas in central and western Mexico. In recent years, my work has been constructed from the intersection of feminism, spirituality, and corporality, addressing topics such as abortion, menstruation, and health.
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Contributions to Platypus, The CASTAC Blog
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On Menstruation and Feeling Shame
Menstruation as a subject of study is not new. Margaret Mead, Mary Douglas, Chris Bobel, Miren Guillo, and Karina Felitti, among many others, have discussed how menstruation has been related to specific practices, and how taboos present great dynamism and variability as specific cultural constructions frequently linked to systems of bodily control and gender. In this post, I present research that explores how taboos associated with menstruation are reflected in the bodily and emotional trajectory of menstruating women and people through the implementation of a methodology based on the collective construction of emotional corpobiographies (Ramírez, 2024). Although the relationship between taboo and shame around menstruation has been widely documented from various scientific and theoretical perspectives, this research seeks to delve into the moments, key actors, and narratives that make emotions and attitudes become embodied and acquire deep meaning in the menstrual experience. The study focuses on the trajectory of university (read more...)