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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 37
Page 4
... male and female characteristics in our own society . The male is represented as hardheaded , enumerative and rational , the female sentimental , emotional , irrational and intuitive . Evans Pritchard wrote about Margaret Mead's Coming ...
... male and female characteristics in our own society . The male is represented as hardheaded , enumerative and rational , the female sentimental , emotional , irrational and intuitive . Evans Pritchard wrote about Margaret Mead's Coming ...
Page 96
... male midwives were not recognized until the seventeenth century . Until then , a physician who was requested by the midwife to assist at a difficult labour had to creep up on his hands and knees and hide under the furniture . The tradi ...
... male midwives were not recognized until the seventeenth century . Until then , a physician who was requested by the midwife to assist at a difficult labour had to creep up on his hands and knees and hide under the furniture . The tradi ...
Page 97
... male doctors to limit the power of midwives and to restrict their knowledge . The textbooks that were written for midwives by them omitted a great deal of im- portant information on the grounds that only doctors should know certain ...
... male doctors to limit the power of midwives and to restrict their knowledge . The textbooks that were written for midwives by them omitted a great deal of im- portant information on the grounds that only doctors should know certain ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adult Africa antenatal clinic Ashley Montagu baby's Barbara Thompson become behaviour blood body born cent cervix Chaim Bermant child child-rearing childbearing childbirth contraceptive couples culture daughters delivered delivery doctor effect emotional expectant mother experience father feed feel female fertility girl give birth grandmother grow hospital human husband important induced infant interaction involved Jamaican Jewish kibbutz kind labouring woman live look male Margaret Mead marriage maternal menstruating ment midwives modern mother and baby motherhood nana newborn baby normal nuclear family obstetric obstetrician oxytocin parenthood parents patient peasant societies perhaps perinatal mortality person Pethidine placenta pre-industrial societies pregnancy pregnant woman rear relationship responsibility ritual role sexual share Sheila Kitzinger significant social sometimes taboo task tend things tion uterus West wife witches women young Zambia