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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... experience . Expectant mothers in peasant cultures may be apprehensive about labour but , although birth is more dangerous in these so- cieties , feel that it is basically unthreatening and a fulfilling feminine activity and that ...
... experience . Expectant mothers in peasant cultures may be apprehensive about labour but , although birth is more dangerous in these so- cieties , feel that it is basically unthreatening and a fulfilling feminine activity and that ...
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Sheila Kitzinger. not had regional anaesthesia , is a major psychosexual experience in which talking and joking would ... experiences , and particularly from universal life crises such as those of giving birth , initiation into adulthood ...
Sheila Kitzinger. not had regional anaesthesia , is a major psychosexual experience in which talking and joking would ... experiences , and particularly from universal life crises such as those of giving birth , initiation into adulthood ...
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... experience of labour and the post- partum period of 249 women who were pharmacologically induced or accelerated , 36 ... experiences with the reports of 206 women from the same antenatal classes whose labours were not induced . 34 W. H. ...
... experience of labour and the post- partum period of 249 women who were pharmacologically induced or accelerated , 36 ... experiences with the reports of 206 women from the same antenatal classes whose labours were not induced . 34 W. H. ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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