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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... baby's behaviour is part of an interactive system.1 12 This is so with animals too . When a mother monkey has never herself been adequately mothered as a baby , and especially when as a motherless baby she has not been able to play with ...
... baby's behaviour is part of an interactive system.1 12 This is so with animals too . When a mother monkey has never herself been adequately mothered as a baby , and especially when as a motherless baby she has not been able to play with ...
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... baby's appearance , and a few of them felt rather negative about it at first , but the predominant theme in the ... baby's body is left uncovered ) . The sequence of types of touch has been described by Rubin18 as starting with ...
... baby's appearance , and a few of them felt rather negative about it at first , but the predominant theme in the ... baby's body is left uncovered ) . The sequence of types of touch has been described by Rubin18 as starting with ...
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... baby's horoscope is prepared . The house is purified , but the woman does not go back to all her household and other tasks for a period of another 34 days . The baby is fed on demand , and babies are not left to cry as it is thought to ...
... baby's horoscope is prepared . The house is purified , but the woman does not go back to all her household and other tasks for a period of another 34 days . The baby is fed on demand , and babies are not left to cry as it is thought to ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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