Back to the Breast : Natural Motherhood and Breastfeeding in America /

After decades of decline during the twentieth century, breastfeeding rates began to rise again in the 1970s, a rebound that has continued to the present. While it would be easy to see this reemergence as simply part of the naturalism movement of the '70s, Jessica Martucci reveals here that the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martucci, Jessica (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Breastfeeding promotion > United States > History > 20th century.
Breastfeeding > United States > History > 20th century.
Infants > Nutrition > United States.
Maternal and infant welfare > United States > History > 20th century.
Motherhood > United States.
Mothers > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
HISTORY / General.
motherhood, mother, parent, parenthood, gender, breastfeeding, united states of america, american culture, usa, natural, nature, medical ethics, ethical, morality, morals, medicine, health policy, naturalism movement, maternal instincts, infant development, children, child, kid, political, sexuality, consumption, breast milk, baby, nutrition, 20th century, ideology, management, feminism, feeding, environment.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Why Breastfeeding?
  • Chapter 1. Make Room for Mother: The "Psy"- entifi c Ideology of Natural Motherhood
  • Chapter 2. Frustration and Failure: The Scientific Management of Breastfeeding
  • Chapter 3. "Motherhood Raised to the nth Degree": Breastfeeding in the Postwar Years
  • Chapter 4. Maternal Expectations: New Mothers, Nurses, and Breastfeeding
  • Chapter 5. Our Bodies, Our Nature: Breastfeeding, the Environment, and Feminism
  • Chapter 6. Woman's Right, Mother's Milk: The Nature and Technology of Breast Milk Feeding
  • Epilogue. Natural Motherhood Redux
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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