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 74
... expectant mothers have very little confidence that they are capable of giving birth to a live healthy baby without ... mother has become the object of obstetric skills . Her experience of care in pregnancy is all too often one of being ...
... expectant mothers have very little confidence that they are capable of giving birth to a live healthy baby without ... mother has become the object of obstetric skills . Her experience of care in pregnancy is all too often one of being ...
Page 80
... expectant mother is ' the woman with happiness inside her ' . Pregnancy is as much a part of the rhythm of female life as the rhythm of the seasons , springtime and harvest , is of the unfolding of the year . Pregnant women often dream ...
... expectant mother is ' the woman with happiness inside her ' . Pregnancy is as much a part of the rhythm of female life as the rhythm of the seasons , springtime and harvest , is of the unfolding of the year . Pregnant women often dream ...
Page 170
... expectant mother in contemporary industrialized Western society may never have touched , or even seen , a newborn baby before . The appearance and needs of a tiny baby may be as much a mystery to her as the breeding of giant pandas ...
... expectant mother in contemporary industrialized Western society may never have touched , or even seen , a newborn baby before . The appearance and needs of a tiny baby may be as much a mystery to her as the breeding of giant pandas ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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