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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... tend to look at pregnancy and birth as abnormal conditions producing all kinds of pathological psychic states , and ... tends to include mothers only as individuals who act on the child for good or ill , as objects rather than subjects ...
... tend to look at pregnancy and birth as abnormal conditions producing all kinds of pathological psychic states , and ... tends to include mothers only as individuals who act on the child for good or ill , as objects rather than subjects ...
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... tend to ' compare the products ' and to look anxiously at their own baby's weight , or skin condi- tion , the number of teeth , or whether it is sitting up or crawling yet , feeling that this kind of thing can show whether they are a ...
... tend to ' compare the products ' and to look anxiously at their own baby's weight , or skin condi- tion , the number of teeth , or whether it is sitting up or crawling yet , feeling that this kind of thing can show whether they are a ...
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... tend to identify with their own mothers . They also tend spontaneously to recreate patterns of child care which they may consciously reject , finding themselves , nevertheless , doing things in much the same way . Helene Deutsch said 46 ...
... tend to identify with their own mothers . They also tend spontaneously to recreate patterns of child care which they may consciously reject , finding themselves , nevertheless , doing things in much the same way . Helene Deutsch said 46 ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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