Mother's milk : breastfeeding controversies in American culture / Bernice L. Hausman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hausman, Bernice L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breastfeeding--United States.

Breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding--Social aspects--United States.

Lactation--United States.

Lactation.

Mother and child.

Breast Feeding.

Breastfeeding--Social aspects.

United States.

Mother-Child Relations.

Medical Subjects:

Breast Feeding.

United States.

Lactation.

Mother-Child Relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 274 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

"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, "Mother's Milk" will be of interest to anyone concerned with the politics of women's embodiment.

Contents:

1. Dead Babies 33

2. Rational Management 69

3. Breast Is Best 91

4. Stone Age Mothering 121

5. Womanly Arts 155

6. Breastfeeding, Feminism, Activism 189

Epilogue: Lactation and Sexual Difference 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-266) and index.

ISBN:

0415966566

0415966574

OCLC:

51297268