Ethnographies of breastfeeding : cultural contexts and confrontations /

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Imprint:	London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
Description:	xxiii, 255 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Breastfeeding -- Cross-cultural studies. Ethnology. Women -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies. Breastfeeding. Ethnology. Women -- Social conditions. Cross-cultural studies.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10126431

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Other authors / contributors:	Cassidy, Tanya, editor. Tom, Abdullahi Osman El- editor.
ISBN:	9781472569257 1472569253 9781472569264 1472569261 9781472569271 147256927X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Studies of breastfeeding have proliferated over the last decade. Breastfeeding is an intimate and deep-rooted bodily practice and yet also a highly controversial sociocultural process, invoking strong reactions from advocates and opponents. Whilst breastfeeding practices and experiences vary greatly in different parts of the world, reducing infant mortality is a pressing international goal for governments and societies. Representing cross-cultural concerns of researchers, policy-makers and mothers, this important book takes a rich ethnographic survey of breastfeeding all over the world. Breastfeeding is shown to highlight various links between gender, power and resources in culture. Each chapter covers a new topic and ethnic or national group, and major topical themes of research such as the rise of milk banks, mother-to-mother sharing networks facilitated by social media, breast milk and HIV are explored"--

Table of Contents:

Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction to Breastfeeding Cross-culturally
2. Rethinking Breastfeeding as Product and Process
3. Breastfeeding among Women in Sao Paulo, Brazil
4. Demedicalization as Empowerment: The Discourses, Practices and Identities of Informal Milk Sharing
5. Exploring Women's Experiences of Breastfeeding and Expressing in the UK and France
6. The Naturalist Discourse Surrounding Breastfeeding among French Mothers
7. Breast Milk, Migration and Milk Banking in Italy
8. Irish Maternal Generosity, Community and Breast Milk
9. Between Jealousy and Insecurity: Breastfeeding Debates and Dilemmas in Surrogacy
10. Religion, Wet-nursing and Breast Milk in Darfur, Sudan
11. Between Proscription and Government Control of Breastfeeding in West Africa
12. Public Health, HIV and Infant Feeding
13. 'Spare Milk'? Breast Milk Donation as Care Work
14. Gender, Power and Resources for Infant Feeding
Bibliography
Index

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