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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 54
Page 56
... born alive , and 21 miscarriages or stillbirths ( 9 per cent ) . Of 206 babies born , 57 did not survive to maturity ( 28 per cent ) . Three out of every 100 died within two months of birth , eight died later , but while they were still ...
... born alive , and 21 miscarriages or stillbirths ( 9 per cent ) . Of 206 babies born , 57 did not survive to maturity ( 28 per cent ) . Three out of every 100 died within two months of birth , eight died later , but while they were still ...
Page 70
... born like that , or if she wrings a chicken's neck and feels sorry for the bird the baby can be born resembling a chicken . She must also be very careful how she moves , and it is thought particularly dan- gerous to double a foot under ...
... born like that , or if she wrings a chicken's neck and feels sorry for the bird the baby can be born resembling a chicken . She must also be very careful how she moves , and it is thought particularly dan- gerous to double a foot under ...
Page 100
... born the midwife who delivered a number of still - born babies or ones who died shortly after birth was especially vulnerable to attacks of this nature . It was the custom of medieval midwives to leave the nail of one finger to grow ...
... born the midwife who delivered a number of still - born babies or ones who died shortly after birth was especially vulnerable to attacks of this nature . It was the custom of medieval midwives to leave the nail of one finger to grow ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adult Africa antenatal clinic Ashley Montagu baby's Barbara Thompson become behaviour blood body born cent cervix Chaim Bermant child child-rearing childbearing childbirth contraceptive couples culture daughters delivered delivery doctor effect emotional expectant mother experience father feed feel female fertility girl give birth grandmother grow hospital human husband important induced infant interaction involved Jamaican Jewish kibbutz kind labouring woman live look male Margaret Mead marriage maternal menstruating ment midwives modern mother and baby motherhood nana newborn baby normal nuclear family obstetric obstetrician oxytocin parenthood parents patient peasant societies perhaps perinatal mortality person Pethidine placenta pre-industrial societies pregnancy pregnant woman rear relationship responsibility ritual role sexual share Sheila Kitzinger significant social sometimes taboo task tend things tion uterus West wife witches women young Zambia