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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Page 71
... 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 , but of which they are also in awe . Taboos like ...
... 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 , but of which they are also in awe . Taboos like ...
Page 83
... allowed to witness the birth , waits outside the birth hut for the moment when someone emerges bearing the placenta and he can at last make some use- ful addition to his notes . From the evidence available from female anthropologists ...
... allowed to witness the birth , waits outside the birth hut for the moment when someone emerges bearing the placenta and he can at last make some use- ful addition to his notes . From the evidence available from female anthropologists ...
Page 179
... allowed to have a hand in mothering , and be permitted to re- enact their own mothering experience spasmodically and in a modified way with their grandchildren , but they in effect ' play ' at mothering only on occasions when this is ...
... allowed to have a hand in mothering , and be permitted to re- enact their own mothering experience spasmodically and in a modified way with their grandchildren , but they in effect ' play ' at mothering only on occasions when this is ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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