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 41
... society . The status of the family depends on the husband's occupation . Inside the family a father may be very different from the sort of man he is in his job , and he keeps these two worlds separate . This contrasts with the system in ...
... society . The status of the family depends on the husband's occupation . Inside the family a father may be very different from the sort of man he is in his job , and he keeps these two worlds separate . This contrasts with the system in ...
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... societies is inevitably better than in industrialized societies . This is far from the truth . Instead of passing the days of pregnancy ripe with fulfillment , a woman in a pre - industrial society may live in a culture in which ...
... societies is inevitably better than in industrialized societies . This is far from the truth . Instead of passing the days of pregnancy ripe with fulfillment , a woman in a pre - industrial society may live in a culture in which ...
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... society : family life is lived out in public , and social sanctions cre- ated and exercised by the larger community control and to a certain extent safeguard actions within the family . The very high levels of child abuse in Western society ...
... society : family life is lived out in public , and social sanctions cre- ated and exercised by the larger community control and to a certain extent safeguard actions within the family . The very high levels of child abuse in Western society ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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