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Faircloth Charlotte
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Titolo: |
Militant lactivism? : attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the UK and France / / Charlotte Faircloth
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
Disciplina: | 649/.330941 |
Soggetto topico: | Breastfeeding - England |
Breastfeeding - France | |
Infants - Nutrition - England | |
Infants - Nutrition - France | |
Parenting - Social aspects | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | pt. I. The context of contemporary mothering -- pt. II. La leche league -- pt. III. Accounting for full-term breastfeeding -- pt. IV. Contextualising intensive motherhood. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Following networks of mothers in London and Paris, the author profiles the narratives of women who breastfeed their children to full term, typically a period of several years, as part of an 'attachment parenting' philosophy. These mothers talk about their decision to continue breastfeeding as 'the natural thing to do': 'evolutionarily appropriate', 'scientifically best' and 'what feels right in their hearts'. Through a theoretical focus on knowledge claims and accountability, the author frames these accounts within a wider context of 'intensive parenting', arguing that parenting practices - i |
Titolo autorizzato: | Militant lactivism ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-85745-759-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910808016403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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