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 68
... taboo results in some dreadful change affecting the person who flouts it , a change which can contaminate other people too , so that the offender becomes a danger to others . The consequences of breaking a taboo are quite different from ...
... taboo results in some dreadful change affecting the person who flouts it , a change which can contaminate other people too , so that the offender becomes a danger to others . The consequences of breaking a taboo are quite different from ...
Page 71
... taboo during pregnancy . It is also taboo before hunting.18 The Mbuti depend an hunting for food , so prohibition of intercourse before birth and before going out on a hunt stresses the impor- tance of these two activities . Moreover ...
... taboo during pregnancy . It is also taboo before hunting.18 The Mbuti depend an hunting for food , so prohibition of intercourse before birth and before going out on a hunt stresses the impor- tance of these two activities . Moreover ...
Page 238
... taboo , 67-72 product - orientation , 21 , 27 purification , 93-95 , 121 , 195 , 197 recognition , 145-46 relation ... taboo Switzerland , 129 , 130 taboo , 67-72 , 76 , 78 , 151 , 199-200 technology , 12-14 , 124-25 , 152- 153 Thompson ...
... taboo , 67-72 product - orientation , 21 , 27 purification , 93-95 , 121 , 195 , 197 recognition , 145-46 relation ... taboo Switzerland , 129 , 130 taboo , 67-72 , 76 , 78 , 151 , 199-200 technology , 12-14 , 124-25 , 152- 153 Thompson ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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