Mother's milk breastfeeding controversies in American culture

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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Main Author: Hausman, Bernice L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2003
Subjects:
Breast Feeding > popular works > United States
Lactation > popular works
Mother-Child Relations > popular works
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