Feminism, breasts and breast-feeding
Using a feminist perspective this book examines the vast amount of writing and talking about breast-feeding. Drawing on women's own accounts the author shows that most texts considerably oversimplify the picture by suggesting baby-milk manufacturers as the only villains of the piece in the decl...
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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Basingstoke u.a.
Macmillan
1995
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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Borstvoeding
> Feminisme
> Feminismus
> Breast
> Breast feeding
> Feminism
> Busen
> Stillen
> Sexualisierung
> Mutterrolle
> Gesellschaft
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Using a feminist perspective this book examines the vast amount of writing and talking about breast-feeding. Drawing on women's own accounts the author shows that most texts considerably oversimplify the picture by suggesting baby-milk manufacturers as the only villains of the piece in the decline of breast-feeding during the twentieth century. A more complex understanding takes account of the sexualisation of breasts, the working conditions under which infant-feeding takes place, professional interventions into mothering, and women's experiences of their bodies. Class and race are also significant: middle-class women to follow professional advice; black women particularly disappoint Western policy-makers in not living up to expectations that they will be natural breast-feeders. Policies, professional guidelines and popular breast-feeding books, shown to be preoccupied with getting women to do what they deem is natural, fail to address women's real needs. Finally, ideas for a feminist practice in infant-feeding are explored. |
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| Beschreibung: | IX, 266 S. |
| ISBN: | 033362310X 0-333-62310-X 0333623118 0-333-62311-8 9780333623107 978-0-333-62310-7 9780333623114 978-0-333-62311-4 |