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 52
... starts with the way the mother feeds her baby . I do not mean by this only the difference between breast or bottle , but the mood in which she feeds . Some mothers relax , forget time and enjoy talking to and watching the baby during ...
... starts with the way the mother feeds her baby . I do not mean by this only the difference between breast or bottle , but the mood in which she feeds . Some mothers relax , forget time and enjoy talking to and watching the baby during ...
Page 127
... start off labour artificially . Looking at the history of induction and speeding up of labour can give us some idea of what women have suffered at the hands of those obstetricians who treat the uterus as a fascinating thing to play with ...
... start off labour artificially . Looking at the history of induction and speeding up of labour can give us some idea of what women have suffered at the hands of those obstetricians who treat the uterus as a fascinating thing to play with ...
Page 143
... starts by touching the baby hesitantly with her fingertips , and then , four to eight minutes after , she starts stroking the baby , with her whole palm caressing the infant's body ( or at least she does this if the baby's body is left ...
... starts by touching the baby hesitantly with her fingertips , and then , four to eight minutes after , she starts stroking the baby , with her whole palm caressing the infant's body ( or at least she does this if the baby's body is left ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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