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Page 40
The nuclear family, with a mother, her husband and their children, to which we
are accustomed in the industrialized West, is also characteristic of hunting and
gathering societies where people are living at subsistence level. But the
extended ...
The nuclear family, with a mother, her husband and their children, to which we
are accustomed in the industrialized West, is also characteristic of hunting and
gathering societies where people are living at subsistence level. But the
extended ...
Page 93
In West Africa a labouring woman may kneel, with women holding her on either
side. She may prefer to hang from the rafters, swinging backwards and forwards
for part of her labour.” Or she may crouch between two house posts, pulling ...
In West Africa a labouring woman may kneel, with women holding her on either
side. She may prefer to hang from the rafters, swinging backwards and forwards
for part of her labour.” Or she may crouch between two house posts, pulling ...
Page 159
The West exports its technology with as much vigour as the Victorians did their
religion and forms of administration. We tend to believe that if a machine to
regulate labour or an obstetric procedure is right for one woman whose baby is at
risk, ...
The West exports its technology with as much vigour as the Victorians did their
religion and forms of administration. We tend to believe that if a machine to
regulate labour or an obstetric procedure is right for one woman whose baby is at
risk, ...
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Contents
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Getting and Not Getting Pregnant | 54 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0394506510, 9780394506517 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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