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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... child - rearing she adopts or the fact that she holds or does not hold the child , or even that she breast- or bottle - feeds it . Moreover , the minutiae of child - rearing practices in any so- ciety are a product of the total culture ...
... child - rearing she adopts or the fact that she holds or does not hold the child , or even that she breast- or bottle - feeds it . Moreover , the minutiae of child - rearing practices in any so- ciety are a product of the total culture ...
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... child is bucketed into an environment alive with inconsistencies and contradictions which on the one hand reflects ... rearing puts great emphasis on the warmth and intensity of mother - child relations . But whatever the Hindu child ...
... child is bucketed into an environment alive with inconsistencies and contradictions which on the one hand reflects ... rearing puts great emphasis on the warmth and intensity of mother - child relations . But whatever the Hindu child ...
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... children has now assumed central importance . In the beginning , all the primary tasks of child - rearing were taken over by trained personnel , metapelets , in the baby and children's houses , while the mother was released for ...
... children has now assumed central importance . In the beginning , all the primary tasks of child - rearing were taken over by trained personnel , metapelets , in the baby and children's houses , while the mother was released for ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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