Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 149
... childbirth recur in the literature of the contemporary women's move- ment : a feminist poster bears the inscription , I am a woman giving birth to myself . Such an image im- plies a process which is painful , chosen , purposive : the ...
... childbirth recur in the literature of the contemporary women's move- ment : a feminist poster bears the inscription , I am a woman giving birth to myself . Such an image im- plies a process which is painful , chosen , purposive : the ...
Page 178
... childbirth a ' changed woman ' after a few classes in natural childbirth or a heavy dose of Women's Lib- eration . " 89 What we bring to childbirth is nothing less than our entire socialization as women . The question is one of power ...
... childbirth a ' changed woman ' after a few classes in natural childbirth or a heavy dose of Women's Lib- eration . " 89 What we bring to childbirth is nothing less than our entire socialization as women . The question is one of power ...
Page 319
... Childbirth , " 175n ' Hall , Radclyffe , 232–33 Hampshire , Stuart , 25 Harding Esther , 92 , 96 , 210 , 211 on the menstrual taboo , 93- 94 Harrison , Jane , 39n , 56 , 79 , 114 on the Eleusinian mysteries , 243 on Pandora , 111 ...
... Childbirth , " 175n ' Hall , Radclyffe , 232–33 Hampshire , Stuart , 25 Harding Esther , 92 , 96 , 210 , 211 on the menstrual taboo , 93- 94 Harrison , Jane , 39n , 56 , 79 , 114 on the Eleusinian mysteries , 243 on Pandora , 111 ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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