The one best way? : breastfeeding history, politics, and policy in Canada / Tasnim Nathoo and Aleck Ostry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nathoo, Tasnim, author.

Ostry, Aleck, author.

Series:

Studies in childhood and family in Canada.

Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding--Political aspects--Canada.

Breastfeeding--Social aspects--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, breastfeeding has been prominently in the public eye in relation to debates on issues ranging from parental leave policies, work?family balance, public decency, the safety of our food supply, and public health concerns such as health care costs and the obesity ""epidemic."" Breastfeeding has officially been considered ""the one best way"" for feeding infants for the past 150 years of Canadian history. This book examines the history and evolution of breastfeeding policies and practices in Canada from the end of the nineteenth century to the turn of the twenty-first

Contents:

Introduction: The One Best Way?

Part 1 Transitions, 1850-1920

1 Infant Mortality, Social Reform, and Milk, 1850-1910

2 Theory and Formulas: Scientific Medicine and Breastfeeding, 1900-1920

3 Nation, Race, and Motherhood: The Political Ideology of Breastfeeding, 1910-20

Part 2 Decline, 1920-60

4 Professionals and Government, 1920-30

5 Marketing Infant Feeding, 1930-40

6 Old-Fashioned, Time-Consuming, and a Little Disgusting, 1940-60

Part 3 Resurgence, 1960-2000

7 The Return to Breastfeeding, 1960-80

8 Promoting Breastfeeding, 1980-90

9 Protecting, Promoting, and Supporting? 1990-2000

Part 4 At Equilibrium: Into the Twenty-First Century

10 Continuities and Change: Breastfeeding in Canada at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century

11 Using the Past to Look Forward: Breastfeeding Policy for the Twenty-First Century

Conclusion: The Politics of "Choice"

Appendices

Appendix A Timeline of Infant Feeding in Canada

Appendix B Infant Mortality in Canada

Appendix C The Canadian Mother's Book

Appendix D Percentage of Births Occurring in Hospital, 1926-74

Appendix E National Surveys of Breastfeeding Practices

Appendix F Evolution of Canadian Infant Feeding Guidelines, 1923-2004.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-252) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612534430

9781554587582

1554587581

9781282534438

1282534432

OCLC:

671571248