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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... birth . In the past the domiciliary midwife filled this important role of shepherding mother and baby through birth and the early post - partum days . She was not concerned with the uterus only but with the expectant mother as a person ...
... birth . In the past the domiciliary midwife filled this important role of shepherding mother and baby through birth and the early post - partum days . She was not concerned with the uterus only but with the expectant mother as a person ...
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... birth re- flects social values and varies with each society . A woman in labour seems to be engaged in a purely physio- logical and in many ways solitary activity . If things are going well she probably feels that what she is doing is ...
... birth re- flects social values and varies with each society . A woman in labour seems to be engaged in a purely physio- logical and in many ways solitary activity . If things are going well she probably feels that what she is doing is ...
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... birth . So he actively participates in the birth though he is not physically present . The Koran states that a father should offer prayers at birth , and it is he who introduces the baby to the world by placing a piece of date in its ...
... birth . So he actively participates in the birth though he is not physically present . The Koran states that a father should offer prayers at birth , and it is he who introduces the baby to the world by placing a piece of date in its ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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