Ethnographies of breastfeeding
Subtitle: cultural contexts and confrontations
By: edited by Tanya Cassidy and Abdullahi El Tom
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury; Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781472569257; 9781472569264; 9781472569271
Subjects: Breastfeeding; Cross-cultural studies; Ethnology; Women; Social conditions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies; MEDICAL / Public Health; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Notes on Contributors1. Introduction to Breastfeeding Cross-culturallyTanya Cassidy and Abdullahi El Tom, both of National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland2. Rethinking Breastfeeding as Product and ProcessPenny Van Esterik, York University, Canada3. Breastfeeding among Women in Sao Paulo, BrazilAlanna Rudzik, Durham University, UK4. Demedicalization as Empowerment: The Discourses, Practices and Identities of Informal Milk SharingAunchalee Palmquist, Elon University, USA5. Exploring Women's Experiences of Breastfeeding and Expressing in the UK and FranceCharlotte Faircloth, University of Kent, UK6. The Naturalist Discourse Surrounding Breastfeeding among French MothersGervaise Debucquet, Audencia Nantes School of Management, France, and Vale;rie Adt, L'Institut Interdisciplinaire du Contemporain, France7. Breast Milk, Migration and Milk Banking in ItalyRossella Cevese, Universit&#224; degli Studi di Verona, Italy8. Irish Maternal Generosity, Community and Breast MilkTanya Cassidy, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland9. Between Jealousy and Insecurity: Breastfeeding Debates and Dilemmas in SurrogacySunita Reddy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, Tulsi Patel, University of Delhi, India, Birgitte Bruun Nielsen, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Malene Tanderup, Aarhus University, Denmark10. Religion, Wet-nursing and Breast Milk in Darfur, SudanAbdullahi El Tom, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland11. Between Proscription and Government Control of Breastfeeding in West AfricaAlice Desclaux and Chiara Alfieri, both of Universite; d'Aix-Marseille, France12. Public Health, HIV and Infant FeedingAnne Matthews, Dublin City University, Ireland13. 'Spare Milk'? Breast Milk Donation as Care WorkKatherine Carroll, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia14. Gender, Power and Resources for Infant FeedingVanessa Maher, University of Turin, ItalyBibliographyIndex.