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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... deliver a child by smearing one's hand with bone marrow and helping the baby ' get through the road that is closed ... delivery ward was full of groaning , writhing women - the majority of them labouring alone . Oxytocin drips and ...
... deliver a child by smearing one's hand with bone marrow and helping the baby ' get through the road that is closed ... delivery ward was full of groaning , writhing women - the majority of them labouring alone . Oxytocin drips and ...
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... delivery rate has in- creased from 15 per cent to 29 per cent . An epidural also usually means that urine must be drawn off from the bladder by a catheter , since the woman has no sensa- tions which make her want to empty her bladder ...
... delivery rate has in- creased from 15 per cent to 29 per cent . An epidural also usually means that urine must be drawn off from the bladder by a catheter , since the woman has no sensa- tions which make her want to empty her bladder ...
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... delivered baby is more likely to survive , especially if premature or otherwise at risk , the human quality of the ... delivery , or if they do allow it , may insist that she holds it the other side of a sheet , so that no germs on her ...
... delivered baby is more likely to survive , especially if premature or otherwise at risk , the human quality of the ... delivery , or if they do allow it , may insist that she holds it the other side of a sheet , so that no germs on her ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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