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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 nutritional period is subject to many different events both
physical and social that may upset the natural and intense link
between mother and child. Any violation of cultural norms,
particularly those dealing with sexual behaviour, marriage and
reproduction, can, in the eyes of the Gogo, put at risk the correct
development of an infant with serious consequences both for the
baby's health as well as for the womani s image as mother and wife.
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 nutritional period is subject to many different events both
physical and social that may upset the natural and intense link
between mother and child. Any violation of cultural norms,
particularly those dealing with sexual behaviour, marriage and
reproduction, can, in the eyes of the Gogo, put at risk the correct
development of an infant with serious consequences both for the
baby's health as well as for the woman's image as mother and wife.
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