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Children were not restrained and , as in many preliterate and peasant societies ,
remained close by their mothers in physical contact with them . A mother never
thought of getting away from her child , and babies and toddlers were attached to
...
Children were not restrained and , as in many preliterate and peasant societies ,
remained close by their mothers in physical contact with them . A mother never
thought of getting away from her child , and babies and toddlers were attached to
...
Page 132
The baby lies on the bed beside its mother , close against her body , and suckles
at will . The nana makes cornmeal porridge for the mother and perhaps for the
other children , and clears up the room . Before she leaves she tells the mother ...
The baby lies on the bed beside its mother , close against her body , and suckles
at will . The nana makes cornmeal porridge for the mother and perhaps for the
other children , and clears up the room . Before she leaves she tells the mother ...
Page 178
The general pattern in pre - industrial societies is for the baby to be with and
close to the mother , and to remain with her , day and night , for the post - partum
weeks . He is often fixed to her body in one way or another , bound by shawls ,
slung ...
The general pattern in pre - industrial societies is for the baby to be with and
close to the mother , and to remain with her , day and night , for the post - partum
weeks . He is often fixed to her body in one way or another , bound by shawls ,
slung ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood | 13 |
The Motherhood Trap | 31 |
Mothers in the Social System | 51 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers Volume 3761 of Fontana Books Fontana original |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Publisher | Fontana, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0006337619, 9780006337614 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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