Mother's Milk : Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture
Bernice L. Hausman
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
| Annen tittel | |
|---|---|
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2014.
|
| Omfang | 1 online resource (289 p.)
|
| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Mother's Milk; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Dead Babies; 2. Rational Management; 3. Breast Is Best; 4. Stone Age Mothering; 5. Womanly Arts; 6. Breastfeeding, Feminism, Activism; Epilogue: Lactation and Sexual Difference; Notes; Works Cited; Index. - 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,
|
| Emner | |
| Sjanger | |
| Geografisk emneord | |
| ISBN | 0415966566. - 0415966574
|
