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responsibility and care . ... is the one with complete responsibility , who is
supposed to control and bring up the child and to represent the world to it . ...
small nuclear families there is usually a strict apportioning of rights and
responsibilities .
responsibility and care . ... is the one with complete responsibility , who is
supposed to control and bring up the child and to represent the world to it . ...
small nuclear families there is usually a strict apportioning of rights and
responsibilities .
Page 66
In peasant societies there are always others watching over the care that a woman
gives her baby , helping with chores , and sharing responsibility . Even in a social
system like that of Jamaica , which has been fragmented by slavery , very few ...
In peasant societies there are always others watching over the care that a woman
gives her baby , helping with chores , and sharing responsibility . Even in a social
system like that of Jamaica , which has been fragmented by slavery , very few ...
Page 217
It is the responsibility of married sons to assist their parents with the ploughing , to
give them occasional presents and help them in any way they can , whereas
married daughters help particularly with gifts of food and clothing and help in the
...
It is the responsibility of married sons to assist their parents with the ploughing , to
give them occasional presents and help them in any way they can , whereas
married daughters help particularly with gifts of food and clothing and help in the
...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood | 13 |
The Motherhood Trap | 31 |
Mothers in the Social System | 51 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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