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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... live as adults . My father - in - law , who lived to see astro- nauts going to the moon , could remember as a young boy the excitement when the first railway linked Nuremberg with his home town of Furt . I myself was questioned by my ...
... live as adults . My father - in - law , who lived to see astro- nauts going to the moon , could remember as a young boy the excitement when the first railway linked Nuremberg with his home town of Furt . I myself was questioned by my ...
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... live with his parents or hers , or can start a separate home of their own . What is normal for us , making a separate home , is in fact the rarest system ; most people live in extended families . That is , they live in a household with ...
... live with his parents or hers , or can start a separate home of their own . What is normal for us , making a separate home , is in fact the rarest system ; most people live in extended families . That is , they live in a household with ...
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... live with him or he goes to live in her band . She builds a hut for them and they live in it without further ceremony . But when she becomes pregnant the marriage comes into existence . The union is afforded social recognition and is ...
... live with him or he goes to live in her band . She builds a hut for them and they live in it without further ceremony . But when she becomes pregnant the marriage comes into existence . The union is afforded social recognition and is ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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