Women as MothersA leading social anthropologist examines what being a mother means to a woman as a person , using examples from societies all over the world, and concludes that a great deal of what we call “maternal instinct” is culturally imposed and that there is no “right” or “wrong” way of mothering. -- Publisher description. |
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Sheila Kitzinger. $ 8.95 A & great deal has been written about what mother means to a child . Here is a book that examines the other side of the coin : what having a child means to a woman . How does she visualize herself in the role of ...
Sheila Kitzinger. $ 8.95 A & great deal has been written about what mother means to a child . Here is a book that examines the other side of the coin : what having a child means to a woman . How does she visualize herself in the role of ...
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Sheila Kitzinger. First American Edition Copyright © 1978 by Sheila Kitzinger All rights reserved under International and Pan - American Copyright Conventions . Published in the United States by Random House , Inc. , New York ...
Sheila Kitzinger. First American Edition Copyright © 1978 by Sheila Kitzinger All rights reserved under International and Pan - American Copyright Conventions . Published in the United States by Random House , Inc. , New York ...
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Sheila Kitzinger. be done for less compelling reasons , and in some hospitals babies are induced as a matter of policy at or within a few days of term , on the principle of ' better out than in after 38 weeks ' when the mother's blood ...
Sheila Kitzinger. be done for less compelling reasons , and in some hospitals babies are induced as a matter of policy at or within a few days of term , on the principle of ' better out than in after 38 weeks ' when the mother's blood ...
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Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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