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 57
... sometimes it is an urgent necessity . So societies evolved ways of limiting the number of children a woman bore , sometimes effectively , but often involving magic practices , po- tions and signs which could have had little practical ...
... sometimes it is an urgent necessity . So societies evolved ways of limiting the number of children a woman bore , sometimes effectively , but often involving magic practices , po- tions and signs which could have had little practical ...
Page 119
... sometimes more subtly and pervasively , whether it is acceptable to touch a patient other than when examining her and , if it is , but only sometimes , what conditions must be met ( for example , is it all right to put an arm around a ...
... sometimes more subtly and pervasively , whether it is acceptable to touch a patient other than when examining her and , if it is , but only sometimes , what conditions must be met ( for example , is it all right to put an arm around a ...
Page 223
... sometimes antici- pates that she will be cared for and nurtured by other members of the commune , and they are not prepared to do this . In some communes the couples with children become fairly stable , keep- ing the commune running ...
... sometimes antici- pates that she will be cared for and nurtured by other members of the commune , and they are not prepared to do this . In some communes the couples with children become fairly stable , keep- ing the commune running ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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