Social experiences of breastfeeding : building bridges between research, policy and practice / edited by Sally Dowling, David Pontin and Kate Boyer.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Dowling, Sally (Of University of the West of England), editor.
• Pontin, David, editor.
• Boyer, Kate, editor.

Series:

• Policy Press scholarship online.
• Policy Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Breastfeeding--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2018.

Summary:

This edited collection brings together international academics, policy makers and practitioners to examine the social and cultural contexts of breastfeeding and looks at how policy and practice can apply this to women's experiences.

Contents:

• Intro
• SOCIAL EXPERIENCES OF BREASTFEEDING
• Contents
• List of tables and figures
• Tables
• Figures
• Notes on contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Background
• Breastfeeding in the UK
• Aims of the seminar series
• Developments during the series
• Structure of the book
• Terminology
• The UK policy context: reconfiguration of the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative to reflect the importance of relationships and ensuring sustainability
• Historical overview
• Responding to the evidence: Unicef UK Baby Friendly standards 2012
• Achieving sustainability
• What happens after services have achieved sustainability?
• Conclusion
• Part 1. Breastfeeding and emotions
• 1. Managing the dynamics of shame in breastfeeding support
• The hidden nature of shame
• The relevance of shame to breastfeeding
• Shame versus guilt
• How shame may lead to tricky interpersonal processes
• Helping new mothers resist and avoid feeling shamed by breastfeeding difficulties
• 2. Breastfeeding's emotional intensity: pride, shame and status
• Status anxiety
• Status and emotions: pride and shame
• Status anxiety, shame and breastfeeding
• The pride and shame of infant feeding
• 3. 'Betwixt and between': women's experiences of breastfeeding long term
• Methods used in the study
• Discussion: women's experiences of breastfeeding long term
• Conclusion: how does this help us to support women to breastfeed for longer?
• 4. Weaving breastfeeding practices into policy
• Understanding breastfeeding as a practice
• Elements of breastfeeding practice
• Infant formula feeding as competing practice
• How can policy influence these practices?
• Conclusion.
• Breastfeeding and emotions: reflections for policy and practice
• Realistic breastfeeding promotion and education
• Supporting mothers in becoming resilient
• Supporting health professionals
• Going forward
• Part II. Cultures of Breastfeeding
• 5. 'Missing milk': an exploration of migrant mothers' experiences of infant feeding in the UK
• Who are migrants?
• The health of migrants and their children
• What is known about infant feeding behaviours in migrant families?
• Why do infant feeding practices change post migration?
• What are migrant parents' views on infant feeding post migration?
• Discussion
• 6. Changing cultures of night-time breastfeeding and sleep in the US
• The origins of fragmentation
• Consequences of fragmentation
• 7. Breastfeeding and modern parenting culture: when worlds collide
• The transition to motherhood
• The baby care book market
• What is normal baby behaviour?
• The impact of strict routines upon breastfeeding
• 8. Parenting ideologies, infant feeding and popular culture
• Infant feeding and the jigsaw of early parenting
• Considering the scene in current infant feeding debates
• Feminism, choice and infant feeding
• Health promotion and neoliberalism
• Conclusion: putting infant feeding in context
• Cultures of breastfeeding: reflections for policy and practice
• Part III. Breastfeeding and popular culture
• 9. Law of lactation breaks in the UK: employers' perspectives
• Context
• The law on lactation breaks
• Managers' understanding of and access to the law
• Breastfeeding directly at the breast
• Risk assessment on return to work
• Debates about lactation breaks
• 10. Making breastfeeding social: the role of brelfies in breastfeeding's burgeoning publics
• Social media activism and the role of the image
• The advent of the brelfie
• The politics of brelfies
• Brelfies as consciousness-raising
• From breastfeeding in public to breastfeedings' publics
• Conclusion: making breastfeeding social
• 11. Encountering public art: monumental breasts and the Skywhale
• Skywhale
• Media reactions
• Analysing affect
• Monumentalism
• Connections
• 12. Embodiment as a gauge of individual, public and planetary health
• Barriers, embodiment and disembodiment
• Full embodiment as key to best practices
• Environmental issues complicate narratives
• Full embodiment
• Embodiment as compassion
• Breastfeeding and popular culture: reflections for policy and practice
• Something about us
• The public/private division of breastfeeding
• Images of breasts
• Breastfeeding and the ecological precipice
• Embodiment and empowerment
• Breastfeeding, work and the law
• Series context: reflection on experiences of attending the seminar series
• Connections between disciplines and across continents
• Policy and practice contributions
• The academic contribution of this book
• Our influence on policy and practice
• Appendix: Schedule for ESRC Seminar Series: Social Experiences of Breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy, 2015-16
• Index.

Notes:

• Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 1-4473-3852-9
• 1-4473-3854-5
• 1-4473-3851-0

OCLC:

1053804025