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Bernice L. Hausman
Mother”s Milk [PDF ebook]
Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture

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Mother”s Milk examines why nursing a baby is an ideologically charged experience in contemporary culture. Drawing upon medical studies, feminist scholarship, anthropological literature, and an intimate knowledge of breastfeeding itself, Bernice Hausman demonstrates what is at stake in mothers” infant feeding choices–economically, socially, and in terms of women”s rights. Breastfeeding controversies, she argues, reveal social tensions around the meaning of women”s bodies, the authority of science, and the value of maternity in American culture. A provocative and multi-faceted work, Mother”s Milk will be of interest to anyone concerned with the politics of women”s embodiment.

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Format PDF ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9781135208271 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2919689 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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