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Blood is more than a fluid solution of cells, platelets and plasma. It is a symbol for the most basic of human concerns--life, death and family find expression

"I have heard a call across a million years. I will answer it." Here is a book of women's rituals surrounding and embracing menstruation. With sensitivity, auth

This compelling book argues that American patriotism is a civil religion of blood sacrifice, which periodically kills its children to keep the group together. T