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Feminism, Breasts and Breast-Feeding
Pam Carter
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Description for Feminism, Breasts and Breast-Feeding
Hardback. This volume uses a feminist approach to examine issues around breast-feeding. It looks at the sexualization of breasts, the conditions under which the infant feeding takes place, and professional interventions into mothering. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 505.
This book uses a feminist approach to examine the vast amount of material on breast-feeding. Baby milk manufacture is usually seen as the sole cause of the decline in breast-feeding. Using interviews with women the author looks at other dimensions: the sexualization of breasts; the conditions under which infant feeding takes place and professional interventions into mothering. Policy documents and popular breast-feeding books are shown to be preoccupied with getting women to do what they deem natural rather than with women's real needs.
This book uses a feminist approach to examine the vast amount of material on breast-feeding. Baby milk manufacture is usually seen as the sole cause of the decline in breast-feeding. Using interviews with women the author looks at other dimensions: the sexualization of breasts; the conditions under which infant feeding takes place and professional interventions into mothering. Policy documents and popular breast-feeding books are shown to be preoccupied with getting women to do what they deem natural rather than with women's real needs.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333623107
SKU
V9780333623107
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Pam Carter
PAM CARTER is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Northumbria. She has published in the fields of social work and education and is currently engaged in research on sexuality in higher education.
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