Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page xiii
... fact that he is " of woman born . " Women are also born of women . But we know little about the effect on culture of that fact , because women have not been makers and sayers of patriarchal cul- ture . Woman's status as childbearer has ...
... fact that he is " of woman born . " Women are also born of women . But we know little about the effect on culture of that fact , because women have not been makers and sayers of patriarchal cul- ture . Woman's status as childbearer has ...
Page 101
... fact exist , of course , outside the Left . In a little book on kinship systems , the anthropologist Robin Fox de- scribes , in several bland sentences , the " basic female function . " After acknowledging that the essential hu- man ...
... fact exist , of course , outside the Left . In a little book on kinship systems , the anthropologist Robin Fox de- scribes , in several bland sentences , the " basic female function . " After acknowledging that the essential hu- man ...
Page 113
... fact , reit- erates images of woman and of the family which do not seem very different from contemporary stereo- types . In these incised or carven images , Akhenaton is already both patriarch and deity ( Incarnation of the Aten ) ...
... fact , reit- erates images of woman and of the family which do not seem very different from contemporary stereo- types . In these incised or carven images , Akhenaton is already both patriarch and deity ( Incarnation of the Aten ) ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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