Mother's milk breastfeeding controversies in American culture
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&#...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Routledge
2003
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Add Tag | Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | xiii, 274 p. ill. 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-266) and index |
| ISBN: | 9780415966566 0415966566 9780415966573 0415966574 |
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