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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493672003321

Autore

Mabilia Mara

Titolo

Breastfeeding and Sexuality [[electronic resource] ] : Behaviour, Beliefs and Taboos among the Gogo Mothers in Tanzania

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2005

ISBN

1-78238-607-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality ; ; v.5

Disciplina

649.3309678

649/.33/09678

Soggetti

Breastfeeding -- Tanzania -- Cigongwe

Cigongwe (Tanzania) -- Social life and customs

Puerperium -- Tanzania -- Cigongwe

Sex role -- Tanzania -- Cigongwe

Taboo -- Tanzania -- Cigongwe

Women, Gogo -- Attitudes

Women, Gogo -- Psychology

Women, Gogo -- Sexual behavior

Women, Gogo - Psychology - Tanzania - Cigongwe

Women, Gogo - Sexual Behavior - Cigongwe - Tanzania

Women, Gogo - Attitudes - Cigongwe - Tanzania

Breastfeeding - Cigongwe - Tanzania

Sex role

Taboo

Puerperium

Behavior

Feeding Behavior

Parents

Identification (Psychology)

Psychosexual Development

Culture

Nutrition Processes

Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Anthropology

Personality Development

Psychoanalytic Theory

Physiological Processes

Persons

Nutritional Physiological Phenomena



Social Sciences

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Defense Mechanisms

Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Nuclear Family

Psychological Theory

Physiological Phenomena

Personality

Psychology

Family

Psychology, Social

Social Norms

Sociology

Psychological Phenomena

Breast Feeding

Mothers

Gender Identity

Sexual Behavior

Anthropology, Cultural

Medicine

History & Archaeology

Health & Biological Sciences

Regions & Countries - Africa

Pediatrics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BREAST FEEDING AND SEXUALITY; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. CIGONGWE; CHAPTER 2. THE GOGO WOMEN; CHAPTER 3. BREAST FEEDING; CHAPTER 4. THE 'GOOD MOTHER', THE 'BAD MOTHER': DIARRHOEA AS A SIGN OF SOCIAL DISORDER; CHAPTER 5. MATERNAL MILK: INDICATOR OF 'GOOD MOTHER'; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 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 elements in Gogo understanding of the vicissitudes of the breast feeding process. This nutrit