Description |
1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; v. 24 |
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Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 24.
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Contents |
List of Illustrations; Epigraph; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I -- The Context of Contemporary Mothering; Chapter 1 -- Intensive Motherhood and Identity Work; Chapter 2 -- Infant Feeding and Intensive Motherhood; Part II -- La Leche League; Chapter 3 -- Contextualising 'Full-Term' Breastfeeding; Chapter 4 -- La Leche League: Philosophy and Community; Chapter 5 -- 'Finding My Tribe'; Part III -- Accounting for Full-Term Breastfeeding; Chapter 6 -- 'It's Natural': Some Cultural Contradictions; Chapter 7 -- 'What Science Says Is Best': Science as Dogma |
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Chapter 8 -- 'What Feels Right in My Heart': Hormones, Morality and Affective BreastfeedingPart IV -- Contextualising Intensive Motherhood; Chapter 9 -- Mothering as Identity Work in Comparative Perspective: The Case of France; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; References; Index |
Summary |
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 - |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Breastfeeding -- England
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Breastfeeding -- France
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Infants -- Nutrition -- England
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Infants -- Nutrition -- France
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Parenting -- Social aspects
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Breastfeeding
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Infants -- Nutrition
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Parenting -- Social aspects
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Amning.
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Spädbarn.
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Nutrition.
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England
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France
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2012019036 |
ISBN |
9780857457592 |
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0857457594 |
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1299777643 |
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9781299777644 |
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9780857457585 |
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0857457586 |
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