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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... person ; perhaps the closest you can get to feeling in- tensely the hurt , fear and pain of another , and the hope ... person's own capacity for giving and receiving love . Martin Buber epitomized the optimum relationship between mother ...
... person ; perhaps the closest you can get to feeling in- tensely the hurt , fear and pain of another , and the hope ... person's own capacity for giving and receiving love . Martin Buber epitomized the optimum relationship between mother ...
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... person , and the relatives must not eat pork or turtle . The parents of the child being born have , like the person who has died , an abnormal ritual status , and therefore run the risk of misfortunes . Although sexual intercourse may ...
... person , and the relatives must not eat pork or turtle . The parents of the child being born have , like the person who has died , an abnormal ritual status , and therefore run the risk of misfortunes . Although sexual intercourse may ...
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... person can again wear red , the colour of childhood . In recog- nition of having attained the full status of the elderly grand- mother she may now wear a crimson underskirt . Old age is thus not a disability which a person tries to ...
... person can again wear red , the colour of childhood . In recog- nition of having attained the full status of the elderly grand- mother she may now wear a crimson underskirt . Old age is thus not a disability which a person tries to ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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