Beyond Health, Beyond Choice is a multidisciplinary collection of essays written by thirty-seven contributors that examines the role of feminist theory in the promotion of breastfeeding by public health authorities. Essays are arranged thematically and consider breastfeeding in relation to health care; work and family; embodiment (specifically breastfeeding in public); economic and ethnic factors; guilt; violence; and commercialization.
Beyond Health, Beyond Choice is a multidisciplinary collection of essays written by thirty-seven contributors that examines the role of feminist theory in the promotion of breastfeeding by public health authorities. Essays are arranged thematically and consider breastfeeding in relation to health care; work and family; embodiment (specifically breastfeeding in public); economic and ethnic factors; guilt; violence; and commercialization.
PAIGE HALL SMITH is Associate Professor of Public Health Education and Director of the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. BERNICE L. HAUSMAN is Professor of English at Virginia Tech and the author of Mother’s Milk: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture and Viral Mothers: Breastfeeding in the Age of HIV/AIDS. MIRIAM LABBOK is Professor and Director of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute in the Department of Maternal and Child Health in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Frames 1. Feminism and Breastfeeding 2. Breastfeeding Promotion through Gender Equity 3. Breastfeeding in Public Health Part II Studying Breastfeeding across Race, Class, and Culture 4. Breastfeeding across Cultures 5. The Dangers of Baring the Breast: 6. Racism, Race, and Disparities in Breastfeeding Part III Medical Institutions and Health Education 7. Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Shrinking Maternal Authority 8. New Professions and Old Practices 9. Preparing Women to Breastfeed Part IV Roles and Realities 10. “Are We There Yet?” Breastfeeding as a Gauge of Carework by Mothers 11. Breastfeeding and the Gendering of Infant Care 12. Working out Work 13. The Impact of Workplace Practices on Breastfeeding Experiences and Disparities among Women Part V Making and Marketing Mothers’ Milk 14. Marketing Mothers’ Milk 15. Empowerment or Regulation? Part VI Morality and Guilt 16. Feminist Breastfeeding Promotion and the Problem of Guilt 17. Breastfeeding in the Margins Part VII Media and Popular Culture 18. Reinstating Pleasure in Reality 19. Breastfeeding in the “Baby Block” 20. Rethinking the Importance of Social Class Part VIII Sexuality and Women’s Bodies 21. Breastfeeding in Public 22. Sexual or Maternal Breasts? 23. Intersections Conclusion Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Frames 1. Feminism and Breastfeeding 2. Breastfeeding Promotion through Gender Equity 3. Breastfeeding in Public Health Part II Studying Breastfeeding across Race, Class, and Culture 4. Breastfeeding across Cultures 5. The Dangers of Baring the Breast: 6. Racism, Race, and Disparities in Breastfeeding Part III Medical Institutions and Health Education 7. Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Shrinking Maternal Authority 8. New Professions and Old Practices 9. Preparing Women to Breastfeed Part IV Roles and Realities 10. “Are We There Yet?” Breastfeeding as a Gauge of Carework by Mothers 11. Breastfeeding and the Gendering of Infant Care 12. Working out Work 13. The Impact of Workplace Practices on Breastfeeding Experiences and Disparities among Women Part V Making and Marketing Mothers’ Milk 14. Marketing Mothers’ Milk 15. Empowerment or Regulation? Part VI Morality and Guilt 16. Feminist Breastfeeding Promotion and the Problem of Guilt 17. Breastfeeding in the Margins Part VII Media and Popular Culture 18. Reinstating Pleasure in Reality 19. Breastfeeding in the “Baby Block” 20. Rethinking the Importance of Social Class Part VIII Sexuality and Women’s Bodies 21. Breastfeeding in Public 22. Sexual or Maternal Breasts? 23. Intersections Conclusion Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
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