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 148
... pattern in pre - industrial societies is for the baby to be with and close to the mother , and to remain with her , day and night , for the post - partum weeks . He is often fixed to her body in one way or another , bound by shawls ...
... pattern in pre - industrial societies is for the baby to be with and close to the mother , and to remain with her , day and night , for the post - partum weeks . He is often fixed to her body in one way or another , bound by shawls ...
Page 165
... pattern of child - rearing practices in the Israeli Kibbutzim , which we shall be looking at more closely in chapter ... patterns which run through all Western cultures , and it is remarkable that Jews coming from these cultures to ...
... pattern of child - rearing practices in the Israeli Kibbutzim , which we shall be looking at more closely in chapter ... patterns which run through all Western cultures , and it is remarkable that Jews coming from these cultures to ...
Page 169
... pattern of mother- hood . Once contact with other cultures changes the patterns of family life and child - rearing , the old continuity in mothering is destroyed and mothers try to adapt to new challenges and to use new techniques ...
... pattern of mother- hood . Once contact with other cultures changes the patterns of family life and child - rearing , the old continuity in mothering is destroyed and mothers try to adapt to new challenges and to use new techniques ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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