Ethnographies of breastfeeding : cultural contexts and confrontations / edited by Tanya Cassidy and Abdullahi El Tom
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- 出版： London ;New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing 2015
- 主題： Breastfeeding. , Ethnology. , Women--Social conditions. , Breast Feeding--ethnology , Breast Feeding--psychology , Cross-Cultural Comparison , Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Milk Banks , Milk, Human.
- ISBN： 9781472569257 (hbk.) :: US$86.07 、 1472569253 (hbk.) 、 9781472569257 (pbk.) :: US$87.34
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-248) and index
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- 系統號： 005219287 | 機讀編目格式
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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"--