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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... preg- nancy in order to ' feed the womb ' or ' nourish the baby ' , in some societies it is taboo . Among the Mbuti of the Congo , intercourse is taboo during pregnancy . It is also taboo before hunting.18 The Mbuti depend an hunting ...
... preg- nancy in order to ' feed the womb ' or ' nourish the baby ' , in some societies it is taboo . Among the Mbuti of the Congo , intercourse is taboo during pregnancy . It is also taboo before hunting.18 The Mbuti depend an hunting ...
Page 81
... preg- nant woman and the child that is coming to birth . The Chinese date life from the beginning of pregnancy rather than the mo- ment of delivery . Pregnancy is not merely a waiting time , but one of preparation . In our own culture ...
... preg- nant woman and the child that is coming to birth . The Chinese date life from the beginning of pregnancy rather than the mo- ment of delivery . Pregnancy is not merely a waiting time , but one of preparation . In our own culture ...
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... preg- nant women . This takes the form of ' pregnancy gymnastics ' ( dating from the Nazi period ) , and Russian and French - based psychoprophylaxis , together with instruction about the Pavlovian psychology of conditioned reflexes and ...
... preg- nant women . This takes the form of ' pregnancy gymnastics ' ( dating from the Nazi period ) , and Russian and French - based psychoprophylaxis , together with instruction about the Pavlovian psychology of conditioned reflexes and ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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