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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... relationship . But in fact more and more ideals about the maternal role also have to do with these rela- tional and sentimental features and this in itself makes mother- hood a more complicated task . A mother ' should ' feel constant ...
... relationship . But in fact more and more ideals about the maternal role also have to do with these rela- tional and sentimental features and this in itself makes mother- hood a more complicated task . A mother ' should ' feel constant ...
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... relationship ' can itself make such a relationship harder to achieve , and I suspect that some of the best relationships have emerged when the mother , happy in herself , has simply ' got on with it ' , as the peasant mother of ...
... relationship ' can itself make such a relationship harder to achieve , and I suspect that some of the best relationships have emerged when the mother , happy in herself , has simply ' got on with it ' , as the peasant mother of ...
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... relationship , 47- 48 mother - father relationship , 20-22 , 24 , 31 , 38-39 , 62-64 , 76-77 , 175 , 192 , 212 mother - son relationship , 192 mother - in - law , 64-65 , 212 , 214 motherhood psychoanalytic approach to , 4-5 norms of ...
... relationship , 47- 48 mother - father relationship , 20-22 , 24 , 31 , 38-39 , 62-64 , 76-77 , 175 , 192 , 212 mother - son relationship , 192 mother - in - law , 64-65 , 212 , 214 motherhood psychoanalytic approach to , 4-5 norms of ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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