Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 150
... painful de- livery , who have never themselves seen or heard a woman in labour . " 1 Nancy Fuller and Brigitte Jordan report that in their field work with Mayan Indian women , they have observed both difficult and easy births , but that ...
... painful de- livery , who have never themselves seen or heard a woman in labour . " 1 Nancy Fuller and Brigitte Jordan report that in their field work with Mayan Indian women , they have observed both difficult and easy births , but that ...
Page 151
... pain is historical - framed by memory and anticipation - and it is relative . Thresh- olds of what we call pain vary greatly among in- dividuals , and the conditions under which pain is experienced can alter the sufferer's definition of ...
... pain is historical - framed by memory and anticipation - and it is relative . Thresh- olds of what we call pain vary greatly among in- dividuals , and the conditions under which pain is experienced can alter the sufferer's definition of ...
Page 160
... painful ? I had heard of " forceps " deliveries and imagined a huge instrument which would lacerate the mother while grasping the child's body . But how was it possible that the pain could end immediately after the child was born ? And ...
... painful ? I had heard of " forceps " deliveries and imagined a huge instrument which would lacerate the mother while grasping the child's body . But how was it possible that the pain could end immediately after the child was born ? And ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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