Feminism, Breasts and Breast-FeedingSpringer, 27 oct. 1995 - 266 pages This book uses a feminist approach to examine the vast amount of material on breast-feeding. Baby milk manufacture is usually seen as the sole cause of the decline in breast-feeding. Using interviews with women the author looks at other dimensions: the sexualization of breasts; the conditions under which infant feeding takes place and professional interventions into mothering. Policy documents and popular breast-feeding books are shown to be preoccupied with getting women to do what they deem natural rather than with women's real needs. |
Table des matières
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2 A Tidal Wave of Good Advice | 34 |
3 Infant Feeding in Womens Lives | 71 |
4 Public Space and Private Bodies | 106 |
5 Breastfeeding Sex and Bodies | 133 |
Health Professionals and Mothering | 161 |
7 Control and Resistance in Infant Feeding Regimes | 189 |
Theory and Policy | 214 |
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