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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... social process because it affects the interrelationship not only of husband and wife but of the members of the kinship and descent groups with which both are aligned . It is social too because it defines the woman's identity in a new ...
... social process because it affects the interrelationship not only of husband and wife but of the members of the kinship and descent groups with which both are aligned . It is social too because it defines the woman's identity in a new ...
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... social re- leaser 22. Wolff28 found that human mothers who did not play much with their babies suddenly began to do so as they appeared to focus their eyes during the fourth week of life . The mothers themselves had no idea why they ...
... social re- leaser 22. Wolff28 found that human mothers who did not play much with their babies suddenly began to do so as they appeared to focus their eyes during the fourth week of life . The mothers themselves had no idea why they ...
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... social adjustments to function in and feel a part of the kibbutz society . 4 H. F. Harlow and G. Griffin , ' Induced mental and social deficits in rhesus monkeys ' , in The Biosocial Basis of Mental Retardation , S. F. Osler and R. E. ...
... social adjustments to function in and feel a part of the kibbutz society . 4 H. F. Harlow and G. Griffin , ' Induced mental and social deficits in rhesus monkeys ' , in The Biosocial Basis of Mental Retardation , S. F. Osler and R. E. ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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