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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... doctor ' . The busy doctor with only two minutes to spare hands out prescriptions for tran- quillizers and hopes that with a pharmacological boost , despair will evaporate . The phase of motherhood spent with babies is not , of course ...
... doctor ' . The busy doctor with only two minutes to spare hands out prescriptions for tran- quillizers and hopes that with a pharmacological boost , despair will evaporate . The phase of motherhood spent with babies is not , of course ...
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... doctors because it was a way into general practice . Once a baby had been delivered the whole family might come to a doctor to treat their ailments . It was in the interest of all male doctors to limit the power of midwives and to ...
... doctors because it was a way into general practice . Once a baby had been delivered the whole family might come to a doctor to treat their ailments . It was in the interest of all male doctors to limit the power of midwives and to ...
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... doctor's anxiety . In one dis- cussion in a group of expectant parents a father asked , ' Can husbands share in the ... doctor that he has given information , nothing , or even misleading information , has been conveyed . So there are at ...
... doctor's anxiety . In one dis- cussion in a group of expectant parents a father asked , ' Can husbands share in the ... doctor that he has given information , nothing , or even misleading information , has been conveyed . So there are at ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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