Mother's Milk : Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0415966566
ISBN-13
9780415966566
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 17th, 2003
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
635 grams
Product Classification:
Cultural studiesFeminism & feminist theoryGender studies: women
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This study examines how nursing a baby - the breast or bottle debate - has become such a complex experience in contemporary culture. By looking at medical, popular and scholarly materials, it demonstrates what is at stake in this debate - economically, socially and in terms of women's rights.
Mother''s Milk examines why nursing a baby is an ideologically charged experience in contemporary culture. Drawing upon medical studies, feminist scholarship, anthropological literature, and an intimate knowledge of breastfeeding itself, Bernice Hausman demonstrates what is at stake in mothers'' infant feeding choices--economically, socially, and in terms of women''s rights. Breastfeeding controversies, she argues, reveal social tensions around the meaning of women''s bodies, the authority of science, and the value of maternity in American culture. A provocative and multi-faceted work, Mother''s Milk will be of interest to anyone concerned with the politics of women''s embodiment.
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