Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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... human species from the decisions affect- ing their lives ; it exonerates men from fatherhood in any authentic sense ; it creates the dangerous schism between " private " and " public " life ; it calcifies human choices and ...
... human species from the decisions affect- ing their lives ; it exonerates men from fatherhood in any authentic sense ; it creates the dangerous schism between " private " and " public " life ; it calcifies human choices and ...
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... human existence is anything but linear , long before the laby- rinth of puberty ; because a human being of six is still a human being . In a tribal or even a feudal culture a child of six would have serious obligations ; ours have none ...
... human existence is anything but linear , long before the laby- rinth of puberty ; because a human being of six is still a human being . In a tribal or even a feudal culture a child of six would have serious obligations ; ours have none ...
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... human infant will respond to masks resembling a human face , but the mask must embody certain specific features or it will evoke no response . ) He identifies certain early imprintings of the human mind - the paradisical bliss of the ...
... human infant will respond to masks resembling a human face , but the mask must embody certain specific features or it will evoke no response . ) He identifies certain early imprintings of the human mind - the paradisical bliss of the ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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