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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... example , and handle and talk to them in a manner which is tuned and synchronized in just the right way to the baby's needs and to the non - verbal signals which it is sending out . The sad thing is that our own maternity hos- pitals ...
... example , and handle and talk to them in a manner which is tuned and synchronized in just the right way to the baby's needs and to the non - verbal signals which it is sending out . The sad thing is that our own maternity hos- pitals ...
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... example ) an impotent husband urged his wife to sleep with a friend or relative , or if a wife could not bear children another woman was brought in to bear them ' to his name ' . In some societies barrenness or impotence are suffi ...
... example ) an impotent husband urged his wife to sleep with a friend or relative , or if a wife could not bear children another woman was brought in to bear them ' to his name ' . In some societies barrenness or impotence are suffi ...
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... example , the child will get ill . The relationship of a mother to her child is immediately obvious for biological reasons . But that of the father is altogether more vague , so societies everywhere have ways of marking and identifying ...
... example , the child will get ill . The relationship of a mother to her child is immediately obvious for biological reasons . But that of the father is altogether more vague , so societies everywhere have ways of marking and identifying ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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