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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... activities . Moreover , pregnant women are not allowed to accompany a hunt . For these hunters and gatherers the forest is not just an environment but a living thing , natural and supernatural , which they depend on , obey , and love ...
... activities . Moreover , pregnant women are not allowed to accompany a hunt . For these hunters and gatherers the forest is not just an environment but a living thing , natural and supernatural , which they depend on , obey , and love ...
Page 72
... activities and re- main active until contractions start , and frequently during a large part of the first stage of labour . Keneba women of the Gambia continue to carry loads of clay or salt on the head weighing up to forty pounds ...
... activities and re- main active until contractions start , and frequently during a large part of the first stage of labour . Keneba women of the Gambia continue to carry loads of clay or salt on the head weighing up to forty pounds ...
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... 19 Quoted in Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English , Witches , Midwives and Nurses , A History of Women Healers , Glass Mountain Pamphlets , N.Y. midwives . Their activities are illegal , however , and 102 WOMEN AS MOTHERS.
... 19 Quoted in Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English , Witches , Midwives and Nurses , A History of Women Healers , Glass Mountain Pamphlets , N.Y. midwives . Their activities are illegal , however , and 102 WOMEN AS MOTHERS.
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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