Breastfeeding and culture : discourses and representations /

For myriad reasons, breastfeeding is a fraught issue among mothers in the U.S. and other industrialized nations, and breastfeeding advocacy in particular remains a source of contention for feminist scholars and activists. Breastfeeding raises many important concerns surrounding gendered embodiment,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Short, Ann Marie A. (Editor), Palko, Abigail L. (Editor), Irving, Dionne (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bradford, ON : Demeter Press, [2018].
Subjects:
Breastfeeding > Social aspects.
Breastfeeding.
Breast Feeding
Allaitement maternel > Aspect social.
Allaitement maternel.
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding > Social aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. Historicizing Cultural Representations of Lactation and Breastfeeding; 1. Big Mother; 2. "Milk for Gall"; 3. Same-Sex Lactations in European Art and Literature (ca. 1300-1800); 4. Latch; II. Representations of Lactation and Breastfeeding in Contemporary Culture; 5. "That's Not a Beer Bong; It's a Breast Pump!"; 6. (Breast)Milking the Situation; 7. Gender, Psychology, and Breastfeeding as "Preverse"; 8. "In This Whole Story, That's the Shocking Detail?"
  • III. The Politics of Breastfeeding and Lactation: The Implications for Identities9. My Black Breast Friend; 10. Breastfeeding in the Military; 11. Legal Representations of Breastfeeding; 12. The Politics of Mothers' Milk in Modern India; IV. The Challenges of Feminist Breastfeeding and Lactation Discourse; 13. "We Chose the Hardest Road"; 14. Surrogacy and Breastfeeding-A Puzzle to Solve; 15. Framing Breastfeeding as "Natural"; About the Contributors

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