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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... WITCH The history of midwifery goes back to and merges with that of witches . Midwives are often attributed with special magic powers in relation to fertility , the development of the baby , the labour , and the child's survival . So ...
... WITCH The history of midwifery goes back to and merges with that of witches . Midwives are often attributed with special magic powers in relation to fertility , the development of the baby , the labour , and the child's survival . So ...
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... witch - midwife could be thought to kill the babies she delivered . One professor of Theology in the fourteenth century , in- structed by Pope Innocent VIII to assist the inquisition in perse- cuting witches , declared that it was all ...
... witch - midwife could be thought to kill the babies she delivered . One professor of Theology in the fourteenth century , in- structed by Pope Innocent VIII to assist the inquisition in perse- cuting witches , declared that it was all ...
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... Witches , but especially the blessing Witch , might suffer death.19 So both male - controlled medicine and the Church were im- placably opposed to female - controlled healing and regulation of fertility , and created a conflict which ...
... Witches , but especially the blessing Witch , might suffer death.19 So both male - controlled medicine and the Church were im- placably opposed to female - controlled healing and regulation of fertility , and created a conflict which ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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