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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Page 152
... baby should not be allowed to cry . No Jamaican women would think it right to leave a baby to wait for a feed . One of the main reasons given for this is that if the baby cries the duppies will hear it and will come and fetch it ; the baby ...
... baby should not be allowed to cry . No Jamaican women would think it right to leave a baby to wait for a feed . One of the main reasons given for this is that if the baby cries the duppies will hear it and will come and fetch it ; the baby ...
Page 156
... baby . All I wanted to do was to go to sleep . ' Another , who felt that the labour was taking place without and in spite of her , remarked : ' If I had not woken as the baby was being born I would never have believed him mine . ' This ...
... baby . All I wanted to do was to go to sleep . ' Another , who felt that the labour was taking place without and in spite of her , remarked : ' If I had not woken as the baby was being born I would never have believed him mine . ' This ...
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... baby's horoscope is prepared . The house is purified , but the woman does not go back to all her household and other tasks for a period of another 34 days . The baby is fed on demand , and babies are not left to cry as it is thought to ...
... baby's horoscope is prepared . The house is purified , but the woman does not go back to all her household and other tasks for a period of another 34 days . The baby is fed on demand , and babies are not left to cry as it is thought to ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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