Ourselves As Mothers: The Universal Experience of Motherhood

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Sheila Kitzinger writes with understanding of the problems facing mothers in the West today, about the pain of infertility, the struggles of working mothers, the myth of the "new man," the underrating of housework, and the ways in which women try to juggle their identities as both mothers and achievers in today's world. Citing examples from India to Jamaica, South Africa to Communist China, she reveals what motherhood means in our own and different cultures. From preparing for pregnancy to the ritualization of ...
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Sheila Kitzinger writes with understanding of the problems facing mothers in the West today, about the pain of infertility, the struggles of working mothers, the myth of the "new man," the underrating of housework, and the ways in which women try to juggle their identities as both mothers and achievers in today's world. Citing examples from India to Jamaica, South Africa to Communist China, she reveals what motherhood means in our own and different cultures. From preparing for pregnancy to the ritualization of hospital birth, from the bonds forged between mother and child to the changes in behavior expected of women when they become mothers, Kitzinger's unique anthropological exploration enables us to reflect upon and reexamine our own rituals. Ourselves as Mothers is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging study of its kind, and an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of women and society. It is a celebration of the diversity, the ingenuity, the energy, and the courage of the great sisterhood of mothers.

The high priestess of female sexuality and childbirth expounds on the universal experiences of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. Sheila Kitzinger is the author of Pregnancy and Childbirth, one of the world's best-known childbirth educators, social anthropologist, and mother of five daughters.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780201407761
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • Publication date: 10/1/1994
  • Pages: 288
  • Product dimensions: 6.13 (w) x 9.22 (h) x 0.79 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Is Anyone Out There Listening? 1
2 Mothers Cut to Shape 17
3 The Empty Womb 33
4 Ways in Which Men See Women: Pure and Polluted 47
5 Experimenting with Motherhood 63
6 With Child 75
7 Birth - A Social Act 95
8 Birth in Three Cultures 127
9 Ritual in the Western Way of Birth 141
10 The First Encounter 167
11 Learning to Be a Mother 195
12 Working Mothers 217
13 Is There a Future for Motherhood? 241
References 245
Photographic credits 261
Index 263
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