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| Author | : Wendy Whelan-Stewart |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2024-09-18 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9781032722191 |
Download Breastfeeding in American Women's Literature Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Rather than rarities, literary depictions of women breastfeeding infants are more common in American literature than recognized. In some cases, readers have dismissed such portrayals as scenic background or strokes of verisimilitude. In other cases, we have failed to register them at all. By cataloging and closely reading scenes of characters breastfeeding across the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, this book decodes the beliefs of writers as celebrated as Willa Cather, Toni Morrison, and Louise Erdrich and as current as Camille Dungy, Maggie Nelson, and Torrey Peters. It traces in these authors' fantasies and fears the consistent and sometimes competing cultural ideologies that accrue over decades and find expression in breastfeeding scenes. Despite the different historical and cultural expectations of what a mother should be and do, twentieth century and twenty-first century women writers have consistently singled out maternal pleasure--a mother's privileging of her own desire--as the most important theme attending scenes of breastfeeding.
| Author | : Wendy Whelan-Stewart |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2024-09-18 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1040132626 |
Download Breastfeeding in American Women’s Literature Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Rather than rarities, literary depictions of women breastfeeding infants are more common in American literature than recognized. In some cases, readers have dismissed such portrayals as scenic background or strokes of verisimilitude. In other cases, we have failed to register them at all. By cataloging and closely reading scenes of characters breastfeeding across the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, this book decodes the beliefs of writers as celebrated as Willa Cather, Toni Morrison, and Louise Erdrich and as current as Camille Dungy, Maggie Nelson, and Torrey Peters. It traces in these authors’ fantasies and fears the consistent and sometimes competing cultural ideologies that accrue over decades and find expression in breastfeeding scenes. Despite the different historical and cultural expectations of what a mother should be and do, twentieth and twenty-first-century women writers have consistently singled out maternal pleasure—a mother’s privileging of her own desire—as the most important theme attending scenes of breastfeeding.
| Author | : Cecília Tomori |
| Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2014-10-01 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 1782384367 |
Download Nighttime Breastfeeding Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Nighttime for many new parents in the United States is fraught with the intense challenges of learning to breastfeed and helping their babies sleep so they can get rest themselves. Through careful ethnographic study of the dilemmas raised by nighttime breastfeeding, and their examination in the context of anthropological, historical, and feminist studies, this volume unravels the cultural tensions that underlie these difficulties. As parents negotiate these dilemmas, they not only confront conflicting medical guidelines about breastfeeding and solitary infant sleep, but also larger questions about cultural and moral expectations for children and parents, and their relationship with one another.
| Author | : Linda Blum |
| Publisher | : Beacon Press |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2000-06-09 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780807021415 |
Download At the Breast Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In our ironic, "postfeminist" age few experiences inspire the kind of passions that breastfeeding does. For advocates, breastfeeding is both the only way to supply babies with proper nutrition and the "bond" that cements the mother/child relationship. Mother's milk remains "natural" in a world of genetically modified produce and corporate health care. But is it a realistic option for all women? And can a well-intentioned insistence on the necessity of breastfeeding become just another way to cast some women as bad mothers? Linda M. Blum is author of Between Feminism and Labor: The Significance of the Comparable Worth Movement. She teaches sociology and women's studies at the University of New Hampshire, and wrote this book while a Bunting Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
| Author | : Kathi Barber |
| Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : African American mothers |
| ISBN | : 9781402203459 |
Download The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This timely, up-to-date guide addresses the unique economic and social issues of black women while showing them why and how to breastfeed their children. African American infants are twice as likely to die before their first birthdays as white infants, have the highest rate of asthma of any race and have a 35 percent higher prevalence of childhood obesity than white children. African American women are 2.2 times more likely to die from breast cancer and 30 percent more likely to die from ovarian cancer than white women. All of these health crises can be remedied to some degree with breastfeeding, but virtually all breastfeeding literature on the market fails to speak to the financial, educational and cultural realities of many African American women. The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding addresses the importance of breastfeeding in the African American community and provides all the practical advice African American mothers need to succeed at breastfeeding.
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| Total Pages | : 47 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Breastfeeding |
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Download Your Guide to Breastfeeding Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
| Author | : Jule DeJager Ward |
| Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 9780807847916 |
Download La Leche League Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In 1956, when La Leche League was founded, if a new mother chose to breastfeed rather than bottlefeed her child, she could by no means expect universal support for her decision. Though physicians of the era admitted that breastfeeding was the best method
| Author | : Ina May Gaskin |
| Publisher | : Bantam |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2009-09-29 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 0553907204 |
Download Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Everything you need to know to make breastfeeding a joyful, natural, and richly fulfilling experience for both you and your baby Drawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women, mothers, and babies, Ina May Gaskin explores the health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding and gives you invaluable practical advice that will help you nurse your baby in the most fulfilling way possible. Inside you’ll find answers to virtually every question you have on breastfeeding, including topics such as •the benefits of breastfeeding •nursing challenges •pumps and other nursing products •sleeping arrangements •nursing and work •medications •nursing multiples •weaning •sick babies •nipplephobia, and much more Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding is filled with helpful advice, medical facts, and real-life stories that will help you understand how and why breastfeeding works and how you can use it to more deeply connect with your baby and your own body. Whether you’re planning to nurse for the first time or are looking for the latest, most up-to-date expert advice available, you couldn’t hope to find a better guide than Ina May.
| Author | : Paige Hall Smith |
| Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
| Total Pages | : 357 |
| Release | : 2012-08-15 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0813553164 |
Download Beyond Health, Beyond Choice Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Current public health promotion of breastfeeding relies heavily on health messaging and individual behavior change. Women are told that “breast is best” but too little serious attention is given to addressing the many social, economic, and political factors that combine to limit women’s real choice to breastfeed beyond a few days or weeks. The result: women’s, infants’, and public health interests are undermined. Beyond Health, Beyond Choice examines how feminist perspectives can inform public health support for breastfeeding. Written by authors from diverse disciplines, perspectives, and countries, this collection of essays is arranged thematically and considers breastfeeding in relation to public health and health care; work and family; embodiment (specifically breastfeeding in public); economic and ethnic factors; guilt; violence; and commercialization. By examining women’s experiences and bringing feminist insights to bear on a public issue, the editors attempt to reframe the discussion to better inform public health approaches and political action. Doing so can help us recognize the value of breastfeeding for the public’s health and the important productive and reproductive contributions women make to the world.
| Author | : Loreen N. Olson |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2019-12-19 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 149853130X |
Download An Ideological Analysis of Breastfeeding in Contemporary America Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
An Ideological Analysis of Breastfeeding in Contemporary America: Disciplining the Maternal Body analyzes the discourses involved in the pro-breastfeeding, “breast is best” paradigm, highlighting how such politically charged rhetoric restrains women’s ability to make the choices that are best for them and their families. Loreen Olson and Jenni M. Simon combat the idea that is so often espoused by medical professionals, researchers, and society at large: to be a good parent, one must provide breast milk to the infant in order for the baby to grow into a healthy, productive citizen. By exposing the biases present, Olson and Simon advocate for the need to make discursive space for all parents and all feeding choices. Scholars of communication, rhetoric, gender and women’s studies, and feminism will find this book particularly useful.
