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Is breast best? : taking on the breastfeeding experts and the new high stakes of motherhood / Joan B. Wolf.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: xvii, 241 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0814794815
  • 9780814794814
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 649.33 22
Contents:
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?
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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?

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