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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mabilia, Mara.
Series:
Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality
Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality ; v.5
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
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.
Women, Gogo--Sexual Behavior--Cigongwe--Tanzania.
Women, Gogo--Attitudes--Cigongwe--Tanzania.
Breastfeeding--Cigongwe--Tanzania.
Breastfeeding.
Sex role.
Taboo.
Puerperium.
Behavior.
Feeding Behavior.
Parents.
Identification, Psychological.
Psychosexual Development.
Culture.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Anthropology.
Personality Development.
Psychoanalytic Theory.
Physiological Phenomena.
Persons.
Social Sciences.
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
Defense Mechanisms.
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Nuclear Family.
Psychological Theory.
Personality.
Psychology.
Family.
Psychology, Social.
Social Norms.
Sociology.
Psychological Phenomena.
Breast Feeding.
Mothers.
Gender Identity.
Sexual Behavior.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Medical Subjects:
Behavior.
Feeding Behavior.
Parents.
Identification, Psychological.
Psychosexual Development.
Culture.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Anthropology.
Personality Development.
Psychoanalytic Theory.
Physiological Phenomena.
Persons.
Social Sciences.
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
Defense Mechanisms.
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Nuclear Family.
Psychological Theory.
Personality.
Psychology.
Family.
Psychology, Social.
Social Norms.
Sociology.
Psychological Phenomena.
Breast Feeding.
Mothers.
Gender Identity.
Sexual Behavior.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Taboo.
Local Subjects:
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.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (154 p.)
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2005.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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
Contents:
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
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
ISBN:
9781782386070
1782386076
OCLC:
875632488

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