LEADER 02728nam 2200481 450 001 9910796306803321 005 20230126220514.0 010 $a1-77258-176-3 010 $a1-77258-178-X 035 $a(CKB)3830000000058777 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5598335 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6165898 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6165898 035 $a(OCoLC)1163528899 035 $a(EXLCZ)993830000000058777 100 $a20220522d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBreastfeeding and culture $ediscourses and representation /$fAnne Marie Short 210 1$aBradford, ON :$cDemeter Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (321 pages) 311 $a1-77258-155-0 330 $a"For myriad reasons, breastfeeding is a fraught issue among mothers in the US and other industrialized nations, and breastfeeding advocacy in particular remains a source of contention for feminist scholars and activists. Breastfeeding raises many important concerns surrounding gendered embodiment, reproductive rights and autonomy, essentializing discourses and the struggle against biology as destiny, and public policies that have the potential to support or undermine women, and mothers in particular, in the workplace. The essays in this collection engage with the varied and complicated ways in which cultural attitudes about mothering and female sexuality inform the way people understand, embrace, reject, and talk about breastfeeding, as well as with the promises and limitations of feminist breastfeeding advocacy. They attend to diffuse discourses about and cultural representations of infant feeding, all the while utilizing feminist methodologies to interrogate essentializing ideologies that suggest that women's bodies are the "natural" choice for infant feeding. These interdisciplinary analyses, which include history, law, art history, literary studies, sociology, critical race studies, media studies, communication studies, and history, are meant to represent a broader conversation about how society understands infant feeding and maternal autonomy"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aBreastfeeding$xSocial aspects 606 $aFeminism 615 0$aBreastfeeding$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aFeminism. 676 $a649.33 700 $aShort$b Anne Marie$01569118 702 $aShort$b Ann Marie A. 702 $aPalko$b Abigail L. 702 $aIrving$b Dionne 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796306803321 996 $aBreastfeeding and culture$93841743 997 $aUNINA