Storying the Menopause - An Evocative Auto/ethnography

Storying the Menopause presents a kaleidoscope of multi-faceted lived experience, offering a diverse and illuminating range of stories, foregrounding often hidden voices, which expand our understanding of the menopause in 21st century UK.

Sommario

Part I: Introduction; 2. Contextualising the menopause; 3. How auto/ethnography is used in the book; Part II: The interview stories; 4. Maria's story: Early menopause; 5. Kim's story: HRT as a cancer survivor; 6. Yasmin's story: POI and ADHD; 7. Tammy's story: Not fitting the dominant narrative; 8. Hannah's story: Perimenopause and mental health; 9. Josephine's story: Breast cancer after 5 years on HRT; 10. Grace's story: Menopause in the workplace; 11. Cara's story: Menopause, identity and sexuality; 12. Ivy's story: Menopause and disability; 13. Jyoti's story: Menopause and cultural taboos; 14. Kathleen's story: Hysterectomy and sudden menopause; 15. Ajay's story: Menopause and non-binary gender identity; 16. Shanta's story part 2: What happened next and how the other stories speak to mine; Representation and Resonance; 17. Contributing to new understandings of menopause through an evocative auto/ethnographical approach to the co-creation of stories

Info autore

Shanta Everington is Associate Lecturer and Honorary Associate at The Open University, UK, where she gained her PhD in Creative Writing, specialising in life writing. A creative and critical writer working across a range of forms, Shanta specialises in creative practice as socially engaged research. Previous books include the following: Another Mother: Curating and Creating Voices of Adoption, Surrogacy and Egg Donation (2023), XY (2014) and Marilyn and Me (2007). She is a Writing Fellow with the Royal Literary Fund and a member of the National Association of Writers in Education.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shanta (The Open University Everington, Everington Shanta
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032780634
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3278063-4
• Pagine: 172
• Categorie: Saggistica > Arte, letteratura > Bibliografia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Menopause, Literature & literary studies, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Medical Sociology, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Research methods: general, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Research methods / methodology