Feminism, Breasts and Breast-Feeding

Carter, P.

This book uses a feminist approach to examine the vast amount of material on breast-feeding. Baby milk manufacture is usually seen as the sole cause of the decline in breast-feeding. Using interviews with women the author looks at other dimensions: the sexualization of breasts; the conditions under which infant feeding takes place and professional interventions into mothering. Policy documents and popular breast-feeding books are shown to be preoccupied with getting women to do what they deem natural rather than with women's real needs.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1995-10-27

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333623107

DOI: 10.1057/9780230389533

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 266