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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... Chaim Bermant , The Walled Garden ; the saga of Jewish family life and tradition , Weidenfeld and Nicholson , 1974 , to which I am particularly in- debted for information contained in this section . meal a holy communion . Nearly every ...
... Chaim Bermant , The Walled Garden ; the saga of Jewish family life and tradition , Weidenfeld and Nicholson , 1974 , to which I am particularly in- debted for information contained in this section . meal a holy communion . Nearly every ...
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... Chaim Bermant , op . cit . THE MEDITERRANEAN IDEAL For the Greek peasant woman too , 202 WOMEN AS MOTHERS.
... Chaim Bermant , op . cit . THE MEDITERRANEAN IDEAL For the Greek peasant woman too , 202 WOMEN AS MOTHERS.
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... Chaim Bermant says : The whole ritual is vaguely reminiscent of the practice of nannies bringing the children downstairs from the nursery to have tea with papa and mamma . . . In the kibbutz one's parents becomes a species of ...
... Chaim Bermant says : The whole ritual is vaguely reminiscent of the practice of nannies bringing the children downstairs from the nursery to have tea with papa and mamma . . . In the kibbutz one's parents becomes a species of ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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