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 109
... modern methods of obstetric intervention , but explained that if labour is prolonged , one should deliver a child by smearing one's hand with bone marrow and helping the baby ' get through the road that is closed ' . Both mother and ...
... modern methods of obstetric intervention , but explained that if labour is prolonged , one should deliver a child by smearing one's hand with bone marrow and helping the baby ' get through the road that is closed ' . Both mother and ...
Page 128
... Modern methods of induction have become possible because very few mothers have a seriously malformed pelvis nowadays , and because of the discovery of penicillin and the invention of the oxytocin drip in 1947 . One problem with the modern ...
... Modern methods of induction have become possible because very few mothers have a seriously malformed pelvis nowadays , and because of the discovery of penicillin and the invention of the oxytocin drip in 1947 . One problem with the modern ...
Page 198
... modern Indian mother is supreme . THE JEWISH IDEAL The powerful , enveloping and sometimes suffocating love of the Jewish mother for her children is a theme reiterated in modern novels . In this section I want to look not at social path ...
... modern Indian mother is supreme . THE JEWISH IDEAL The powerful , enveloping and sometimes suffocating love of the Jewish mother for her children is a theme reiterated in modern novels . In this section I want to look not at social path ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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