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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... whole . Those with power over fertility control the society . Mary Douglas says of the Lele17 of the Congo that she was struck by how childbearing and hunting were always coupled together , and that if there had been a series of bad ...
... whole . Those with power over fertility control the society . Mary Douglas says of the Lele17 of the Congo that she was struck by how childbearing and hunting were always coupled together , and that if there had been a series of bad ...
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... whole community and its young , the hope of the future . The kibbutz started as an alternative to conventional family life with a highly diffuse and unemotional form of multi- ple mothering , but the relationship of parents and children ...
... whole community and its young , the hope of the future . The kibbutz started as an alternative to conventional family life with a highly diffuse and unemotional form of multi- ple mothering , but the relationship of parents and children ...
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... whole deploy- ment of labour in our society . Many mothers may decide to stay at home while the children are young and be full - time mothers . Yet girls are educated as if they could either have jobs or be wives and mothers . We have ...
... whole deploy- ment of labour in our society . Many mothers may decide to stay at home while the children are young and be full - time mothers . Yet girls are educated as if they could either have jobs or be wives and mothers . We have ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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