Sharing milk : intimacy, materiality and bio-communities of practice / Shannon K. Carter and Beatriz M. Reyes-Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Shannon K., author.

Reyes-Foster, Beatriz M., author.

Series:

Gender and sociology series.

Gender and sociology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast milk--Collection and preservation.

Breast milk.

Breastfeeding.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2020.

Summary:

The feeding of human milk to socially and biologically unrelated infants is not a new phenomenon, but the Euroamerican values of individualism have generated expectations that mothers are individually responsible for feeding their own infants. Using a bio-communities of practice framework, this dynamic new analysis explores the emotional and material dimensions of the growing milk sharing practice in the Global North and its implications for contemporary understandings of infant feeding in the US. Ranging widely across themes of motherhood, gender and sociology, this is a compelling empirical account of infant feeding that stimulates new thinking about a contentious practice.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on the Authors

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: Sharing Milk

Theorizing Milk Sharing

Entering Bio-Communities of Practice

Milk-Sharing Practices

The Milk-Sharing Network

Conclusion

Notes

Survey Participant Demographics

Interview Participant Demographics

References

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

ProQuest (Firme)

ISBN:

9781529202113

1529202116

9781529202106

1529202108

9781529202090

1529202094

OCLC:

1199587145