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mothers stress the sexual difference between themselves and their sons, and
between the boys and girls in the family. In our own society they comment on the
child's strength, boisterousness, aggression and naughtiness. This is what it is to
...
mothers stress the sexual difference between themselves and their sons, and
between the boys and girls in the family. In our own society they comment on the
child's strength, boisterousness, aggression and naughtiness. This is what it is to
...
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Among the Mbuti pygmies of the African Congo, after her first menstruation a girl
lives temporarily with her future husband in a band consisting of other members
of her age group, in a special 'elima' house, where couples are expected to join ...
Among the Mbuti pygmies of the African Congo, after her first menstruation a girl
lives temporarily with her future husband in a band consisting of other members
of her age group, in a special 'elima' house, where couples are expected to join ...
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to accept financial responsibility the girl may be flogged and turned out of the
house. Maternal relatives then intercede with the mother to take her daughter
back, which she usually does after a decent space of time. The baby is born in
the ...
to accept financial responsibility the girl may be flogged and turned out of the
house. Maternal relatives then intercede with the mother to take her daughter
back, which she usually does after a decent space of time. The baby is born in
the ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood ? | 13 |
The Motherhood Trap | 28 |
Mothers in the Social System | 51 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Women as mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Publisher | Fontana, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 285 pages |
| Subjects | › › Family & Relationships / Parenting / Motherhood |
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