Ethnographies of breastfeeding

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"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"--

subjects: Breastfeeding,  Ethnology,  Women, social conditions,  Public health,  Sociology,  Women's studies,  Anthropology,  Cross-cultural studies,  Women,  Social conditions,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies,  MEDICAL / Public Health,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General,  Breast Feeding,  Psychology,  Cross-Cultural Comparison,  Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena,  Milk Banks,  Human Milk,  General,  Social sciences -> sociology -> sociology,  Tr,  Mng,  Social sciences -> sociology -> woman studies,  Allied health & medical -> medical -> public health,  Social sciences -> anthropology -> general anthropology