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



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Autore: Mabilia Mara Visualizza persona
Titolo: Breastfeeding and Sexuality : Behaviour, Beliefs and Taboos among the Gogo Mothers in Tanzania Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
Disciplina: 649.3309678
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Soggetto topico: 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
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
Titolo autorizzato: Breastfeeding and Sexuality  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78238-607-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808290803321
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Serie: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality