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 18
... effect of removing childbirth from the normal life process , the changes and crises that occur as a matter of course in the lives of the majority of women , and turning it into a clinical condition , a pathological event , like an ...
... effect of removing childbirth from the normal life process , the changes and crises that occur as a matter of course in the lives of the majority of women , and turning it into a clinical condition , a pathological event , like an ...
Page 142
... effect on human mothering of this combination of hormone changes and stimuli from the baby . Research of this kind has become very important because of the light that it may be able to throw on women who are unable to be adequate ...
... effect on human mothering of this combination of hormone changes and stimuli from the baby . Research of this kind has become very important because of the light that it may be able to throw on women who are unable to be adequate ...
Page 155
... effect that this drug can have on the experience of labour , but it can also affect the way in which a mother reacts to her baby , for if the drug - induced somnolent state persists throughout the second stage and delivery the woman may ...
... effect that this drug can have on the experience of labour , but it can also affect the way in which a mother reacts to her baby , for if the drug - induced somnolent state persists throughout the second stage and delivery the woman may ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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