Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 71
... Once it be- gan to be recognized that human society embodies diversity as much as conformity , once non - Western societies began to be examined , not as heathen , re- tarded , or infantile versions of Western culture , but for their ...
... Once it be- gan to be recognized that human society embodies diversity as much as conformity , once non - Western societies began to be examined , not as heathen , re- tarded , or infantile versions of Western culture , but for their ...
Page 79
... once taken for a literal rendition of the past . ( Her bibliography , however , is a document of immense value in itself . ) If we ap- proach Davis as a catalyst of memory and imagina- tion , rather than as a documenter of unshakable ...
... once taken for a literal rendition of the past . ( Her bibliography , however , is a document of immense value in itself . ) If we ap- proach Davis as a catalyst of memory and imagina- tion , rather than as a documenter of unshakable ...
Page 262
... once for her " real blue spells " as her husband termed them ; once because of her fear that " X - rays " or " laser beams " were being projected into her home ; once for " heart pains " which were treated as psychosomatic . During one ...
... once for her " real blue spells " as her husband termed them ; once because of her fear that " X - rays " or " laser beams " were being projected into her home ; once for " heart pains " which were treated as psychosomatic . During one ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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