Breast feeding and sexuality : behaviour, beliefs and taboos among the Gogo mothers in Tanzania /: behaviour, beliefs and taboos among the Gogo mothers in Tanzania. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Breastfeeding and sexuality
• Further Information: Note: Mara Mabilia ; translated by Mary S. Ash.
• Other Names: Mabilia, Mara
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Illustrations <a href="/downloads/intros/MabiliaBreastfeeding_intro.pdf" target="_blank"><img align="left" border="0" onmouseout="this.src='/img/icon_pdf.png'" onmouseover="this.src='/img/icon_pdf2.png'" src="/img/icon_pdf.png" /> Introduction ; Chapter 1. Cigongwe Towards the village Meeting with the village Fieldwork The route of the research Chapter 2. The Gogo Women The living space The house Nyumba : physical-residential unit, social-residential unit The Gogo woman Chapter 3. Breast Feeding Breast feeding between nature and culture The modalities of breast feeding Breast milk 'Bad milk' in only one breast Chapter 4. The 'Good Mother', the 'Bad Mother': Diarrhoea as a Sign of Social Disorder Inside the problem Motherhood and mothering The health of the newborn: a challenge to survival Post-partum taboos Chapter 5. Maternal Milk: Indicator of 'Good Mother' Breast feeding: a bridge between the different levels of the Gogo social system The woman: mother and nurturer A brief return to the village Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (140 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 649/.33/09678; Women, Gogo -- Psychology; Women, Gogo -- Sexual behavior; Women, Gogo -- Attitudes; Breastfeeding -- Tanzania -- Cigongwe; Sex role -- Tanzania -- Cigongwe; Taboo -- Tanzania -- Cigongwe; Puerperium; Breast Feeding -- ethnology; Anthropology, Cultural; Gender Identity; Mothers; Sexual Behavior -- ethnology; Taboo -- psychology; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies; Cigongwe (Tanzania) -- Social life and customs; Tanzania; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782386070; 1782386076; 1845452992; 9781845452995
• Related ISBNs: 1571816771; 9781571816771; 9781845452995
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-134) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.