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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... family predominates in agricultural economies which also go in for rearing animals.3 Nuclear families are usually linked by only one member who is common to both , the person who moves from his or her family of orientation ( the one ...
... family predominates in agricultural economies which also go in for rearing animals.3 Nuclear families are usually linked by only one member who is common to both , the person who moves from his or her family of orientation ( the one ...
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... family unit . What some writers see as dysfunction in the modern family , Talcott - Parsons believes is effective adaptation to the demands of an industrial economy . Although the nuclear family operates more or less without support ...
... family unit . What some writers see as dysfunction in the modern family , Talcott - Parsons believes is effective adaptation to the demands of an industrial economy . Although the nuclear family operates more or less without support ...
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... nuclear family , although these may be strong , but on the larger family of the kibbutz . Such a system contrasts with the accepted patterns which run through ... NUCLEAR Family The urban family into which a baby Learning to be a Mother 165.
... nuclear family , although these may be strong , but on the larger family of the kibbutz . Such a system contrasts with the accepted patterns which run through ... NUCLEAR Family The urban family into which a baby Learning to be a Mother 165.
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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