Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: the Myth of Madonna
(1997)
Book Chapter
Littlewood, J., & McHugh, N. (1997). Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: the Myth of Madonna. In Maternal Distress and Postnatal Depression (89-104). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13755-8_6
This chapter is concerned with the extent to which postnatal depression and maternal distress may be regarded as occurring cross-culturally. Consequently, the first part of the chapter will be concerned with an evaluation of cross-cultural evidence c... Read More about Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: the Myth of Madonna.