Tainted milk : breastmilk, feminisms, and the politics of environmental degradation / Maia Boswell-Penc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boswell-Penc, Maia, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breastfeeding--Health aspects--United States--History.

Breastfeeding.

Breast milk--Contamination--United States--History.

Breast milk.

Infants--Nutrition--United States--History.

Infants.

Food contamination--Environmental aspects.

Food contamination.

Environmental degradation--Health aspects.

Environmental degradation.

Pollution--Health aspects.

Pollution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tainted Milk provides an in-depth analysis of the debate about infant nourishment issues, with a particular focus on environmentally contaminated breastmilk. Maia Boswell-Penc asks why feminists and environmentalists have, for the most part, remained relatively quiet about the fact that environmental toxins have been appearing in breastmilk. She argues that feminists avoid the topic because of their fear of focusing on biological mothering and essentialist thinking, while environmentalists are reluctant to be perceived as fearmongers advocating formula use and contributing to public hysteria. Boswell-Penc also points to the continuing racism, classism, ageism, and corporatization that leaves the less privileged among us more vulnerable.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Evolving Narrative of Infant Food Contamination

Toxic Disclosure

Breast Fetishization, Breast Cancer, and Breast Augmentation

Polluting the "Waters" of the Most Vulnerable

Conclusion

Notes

Appendix A

Appendix B

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-207) and index.

ISBN:

9780791481851

0791481859

9781423780373

142378037X

OCLC:

70182926