Is breast best? : taking on the breastfeeding experts and the new high stakes of motherhood /
Wolf, Joan B.
Is breast best? : taking on the breastfeeding experts and the new high stakes of motherhood / Joan B. Wolf. - xvii, 241 pages ; 24 cm. - Biopolitics : medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century . - Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.). .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : why breastfeeding? -- Monitoring mothers : a recent history of following the doctor's orders -- The science : does breastfeeding make smarter, happier, and healthier babies? -- Minding your own (risky) business : health and personal responsibility -- From the womb to the breast : total motherhood and risk-free children -- Scaring mothers : the government campaign for breastfeeding -- Conclusion : whither breastfeeding?
0814794815 9780814794814
2010026254
Breastfeeding--Government policy--United States
Breastfeeding--Social aspects
Politics, Practical.
Political science.
Public opinion.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
649.33
Is breast best? : taking on the breastfeeding experts and the new high stakes of motherhood / Joan B. Wolf. - xvii, 241 pages ; 24 cm. - Biopolitics : medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century . - Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.). .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : why breastfeeding? -- Monitoring mothers : a recent history of following the doctor's orders -- The science : does breastfeeding make smarter, happier, and healthier babies? -- Minding your own (risky) business : health and personal responsibility -- From the womb to the breast : total motherhood and risk-free children -- Scaring mothers : the government campaign for breastfeeding -- Conclusion : whither breastfeeding?
0814794815 9780814794814
2010026254
Breastfeeding--Government policy--United States
Breastfeeding--Social aspects
Politics, Practical.
Political science.
Public opinion.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
649.33