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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... natural ' in mother- ing is not natural at all , but a product of culture . It is only when we go back to the first moments and hours of life and the inter- action of mother and baby which starts then that we are really at the level of ...
... natural ' in mother- ing is not natural at all , but a product of culture . It is only when we go back to the first moments and hours of life and the inter- action of mother and baby which starts then that we are really at the level of ...
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... Nature . One teacher intro- duced the subject of foetal development with , ' Nature said , let not the eagle lay her egg in the nest which is blown away or from which it can fall . Let us keep the egg within and make a nest within the ...
... Nature . One teacher intro- duced the subject of foetal development with , ' Nature said , let not the eagle lay her egg in the nest which is blown away or from which it can fall . Let us keep the egg within and make a nest within the ...
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... nature . All the men of the family must be concerned to protect their wives and children from shame , for their own honour is based on their ability to safeguard their dependents from shame . It is precisely this sense of shame which ...
... nature . All the men of the family must be concerned to protect their wives and children from shame , for their own honour is based on their ability to safeguard their dependents from shame . It is precisely this sense of shame which ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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