Is Breast Best? Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood / [Recurso electrónico] :
Joan B. Wolf.
- New York : New York University Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 241 p. )
- Biopolitics : medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century .
- Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.) Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-230) 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?
Libro Electrónico
9780814795255 0814795250
Public Opinion. Politics. Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. Breast Feeding. Breastfeeding--Social aspects. Breastfeeding--Government policy--United States. Breastfeeding.