The big letdown : how medicine, big business, and feminism undermine breastfeeding / Kimberly Seals Allers.
2017
KF3826.C48 .S43 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
The big letdown : how medicine, big business, and feminism undermine breastfeeding / Kimberly Seals Allers.
Edition
First edition.
Imprint
New York : St. Martin's Press, [2017]
Description
290 pages ; 22 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Doctor Who? The Medical Field's Influence on Mothers
Milk Money The Big Business of Bodies, Breasts, and Babies
Scientific Breakthroughs or Breakdowns?
The Things Unseen: Battling Structural Barriers
Nipple-omics and the Value of Motherhood
The Feminist Fallacy
The Problem of No Problem: The Breastfeeding Movement
Boob Control: The Sexualization of Breastfeeding
Ending the Letdown: The Way Forward.
Milk Money The Big Business of Bodies, Breasts, and Babies
Scientific Breakthroughs or Breakdowns?
The Things Unseen: Battling Structural Barriers
Nipple-omics and the Value of Motherhood
The Feminist Fallacy
The Problem of No Problem: The Breastfeeding Movement
Boob Control: The Sexualization of Breastfeeding
Ending the Letdown: The Way Forward.
Summary
"Breastfeeding. The mere mention of it has many mothers wracked with anxiety (how will I manage with work, other kids, what if I don't make enough milk?) or guilt about not doing it (will I be hurting my child if I choose not to breastfeed? what will people think of me if I choose not to?). This hot-button issue is one we've talked about repeatedly in the media and in celebrity culture. Remember when Angelina Jolie posed for the cover of W nursing her newborn? Oh, the controversy! And when Barbara Walters complained about the woman breastfeeding next to her on a plane? She was forced to issue a public apology. Or what about when supermodel Gisele Bunchen declared that there should be worldwide law that mothers be required to breastfeed their babies for the first six months of life? All hell broke loose. This topic gets people riled up, and there has never been a narrative account that explores the breastfeeding big picture for parents and their children in today's world. THE BIG LETDOWN by author, journalist, and breastfeeding advocate Kimberly Seals Allers will change that for the better and open up a candid conversation about the cultural, sociological, and economic forces that shape the breastfeeding culture and how it undermines women in the process"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF3826.C48 .S43 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781250026965 hardcover
1250026962 hardcover
9781250026972 (e-book)
1250026962 hardcover
9781250026972 (e-book)
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