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 70
... born like that , or if she wrings a chicken's neck and feels sorry for the bird the baby can be born resembling a chicken . She must also be very careful how she moves , and it is thought particularly dan- gerous to double a foot under ...
... born like that , or if she wrings a chicken's neck and feels sorry for the bird the baby can be born resembling a chicken . She must also be very careful how she moves , and it is thought particularly dan- gerous to double a foot under ...
Page 71
... born and is several weeks old , no one may speak the name of the mother or father . They can say only ' the father of and name the child . The parents also abstain from eating certain foods or they will become ill and the baby may die ...
... born and is several weeks old , no one may speak the name of the mother or father . They can say only ' the father of and name the child . The parents also abstain from eating certain foods or they will become ill and the baby may die ...
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... born and dying as archetypes which occur again and again in dramatized form , to symbolize acts of creation and renewal on the one hand and destruction and departure on the other . In the majority of these rituals both are involved ...
... born and dying as archetypes which occur again and again in dramatized form , to symbolize acts of creation and renewal on the one hand and destruction and departure on the other . In the majority of these rituals both are involved ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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