LEADER 04308nam 22007575 450 001 9910480997803321 005 20210721221519.0 010 $a0-8147-9525-0 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814795255 035 $a(CKB)2560000000053085 035 $a(EBL)866128 035 $a(OCoLC)694147123 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000470493 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11288863 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470493 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413102 035 $a(PQKB)11268852 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001326468 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866128 035 $a(OCoLC)828100278 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4814 035 $a(DE-B1597)547090 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814795255 035 $a(OCoLC)1178770155 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000053085 100 $a20200723h20102010 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIs Breast Best? $eTaking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood /$fJoan B. Wolf 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2010] 210 4$d©2010 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 0 $aBiopolitics ;$v4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-4798-3876-4 311 0 $a0-8147-9481-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-230) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface --$t2. The Science --$t3. Minding Your Own (Risky) Business --$t4. From the Womb to the Breast --$t5. Scaring Mothers --$t6. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aSince the invention of dextri-maltose and the subsequent rise of Similac in the early twentieth century, parents with access to clean drinking water have had a safe alternative to breast-milk. Use of formula spiked between the 1950's and 1970's, with some reports showing that nearly 75 percent of the population relied on commercial formula to at least supplement a breastfeeding routine. So how is it that most of those bottle-fed babies grew up to believe that breast, and only breast, is best? In Is Breast Best? Joan B. Wolf challenges the widespread belief that breastfeeding is medically superior to bottle-feeding. Despite the fact that breastfeeding has become the ultimate expression of maternal dedication, Wolf writes, the conviction that breastfeeding provides babies unique health benefits and that formula feeding is a risky substitute is unsubstantiated by the evidence. In accessible prose, Wolf argues that a public obsession with health and what she calls ?total motherhood? has made breastfeeding a cause célèbre, and that public discussions of breastfeeding say more about infatuation with personal responsibility and perfect mothering in America than they do about the concrete benefits of the breast. Why has breastfeeding re-asserted itself over the last twenty years, and why are the government, the scientific and medical communities, and so many mothers so invested in the idea? Parsing the rhetoric of expert advice, including the recent National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign, and rigorously questioning the scientific evidence, Wolf uncovers a path by which a mother can feel informed and confident about how best to feed her thriving infant?whether flourishing by breast or by bottle. 410 0$aBiopolitics (New York, N.Y.) 606 $aPublic Opinion 606 $aPolitics 606 $aHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice 606 $aBreast Feeding 606 $aBreastfeeding$xSocial aspects 606 $aBreastfeeding$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aBreastfeeding 608 $aElectronic books. 615 22$aPublic Opinion. 615 22$aPolitics. 615 22$aHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. 615 12$aBreast Feeding. 615 0$aBreastfeeding$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aBreastfeeding$xGovernment policy 615 0$aBreastfeeding. 676 $a649/.33 700 $aWolf$b Joan B.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01037347 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480997803321 996 $aIs Breast Best$92458262 997 $aUNINA