Breast Feeding and Sexuality : Behaviour, Beliefs and Taboos among the Gogo Mothers in Tanzania

Whereas in western countries breastfeeding is an uncontroversial, purely personal issue, in most parts of the world mother and baby form part of a network of interpersonal relations with its own rules and expectations. In this study, the author examines the cultural and social context of breastfeedi...
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Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Mabilia, Mara [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

New York Oxford: Berghahn Books ; 2005

©2005

Rechteinformationen:

Restricted Access

Schlagwörter:

Breastfeeding, Tanzania, Cigongwe

Ethnology

Gender identity

Mothers

Puerperium

Sex role, Tanzania, Cigongwe

Taboo, Tanzania, Cigongwe

Women, Gogo, Attitudes

Women, Gogo, Psychology

Women, Gogo, Sexual behavior

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (176 p.)

Reihe:

Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 5

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ISBN:

978-1-78238-607-0

DOI / URN:

10.1515/9781782386070

Katalog-ID:

1818921987

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