Breast feeding and sexuality : behaviour, beliefs and taboos among the Gogo mothers in Tanzania /

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"In this study, the author examines the cultural and social context of breastfeeding among the Gogo women of the Cigongwe's village in Tanzania, as part of the Paediatric Programme of Doctors with Africa, based in Padua. The focus is on mothers' behaviour and post partum taboos as key...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mabilia, Mara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2005.
Colección:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 5.
Temas:
Women, Gogo > Psychology.
Women, Gogo > Sexual behavior.
Women, Gogo > Attitudes.
Breastfeeding > Tanzania > Cigongwe.
Sex role > Tanzania > Cigongwe.
Taboo > Tanzania > Cigongwe.
Puerperium.
Ethnology.
Gender identity.
Mothers.
Breast Feeding > ethnology
Anthropology, Cultural
Gender Identity
Mothers
Sexual Behavior > ethnology
Taboo > psychology
Postpartum Period
Ethnology
Femmes gogo > Psychologie.
Femmes gogo > Sexualité.
Femmes gogo > Attitudes.
Puerpéralité.
Ethnologie.
Identité de genre.
Mères.
social anthropology.
ethnology.
sex role.
mothers.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Gender identity
Breastfeeding
Manners and customs
Puerperium
Sex role
Taboo
Cigongwe (Tanzania) > Social life and customs.
Tanzania
Tanzania > Cigongwe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Cigongwe
  • 2. The Gogo women
  • 3. Breast feeding
  • 4. The 'good mother', the 'bad mother' : diarrhoea as a sign of social disorder
  • 5. Maternal milk : indicator of 'good mother'.

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