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Page 114
... information which I found it difficult to accept at face value . Such an attitude is
not uncommon in hospitals generally , but in Britain and the United States there is
a growing awareness of the interdependence of mother and child and the need ...
... information which I found it difficult to accept at face value . Such an attitude is
not uncommon in hospitals generally , but in Britain and the United States there is
a growing awareness of the interdependence of mother and child and the need ...
Page 146
is now emerging which suggests that they are right , and Carpenter has shown
how babies react to their mothers ' and strangers ' voices and faces as early as
two weeks . 27 Especially if they can hear the mother ' s voice at the same time as
...
is now emerging which suggests that they are right , and Carpenter has shown
how babies react to their mothers ' and strangers ' voices and faces as early as
two weeks . 27 Especially if they can hear the mother ' s voice at the same time as
...
Page 219
The world opened and took me in . and I was lying , legs spread , on the roof of
everything , the tears streaming down my face , my mouth open for the scream
but no scream came . And from all around me I could hear the chanting of my
friends ...
The world opened and took me in . and I was lying , legs spread , on the roof of
everything , the tears streaming down my face , my mouth open for the scream
but no scream came . And from all around me I could hear the chanting of my
friends ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 27 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Women as Mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0394506510, 9780394506517 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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