Militant Lactivism? : : Attachment Parenting and Intensive Motherhood in the UK and France / / Charlotte Faircloth.
Following networks of mothers in London and Paris, the author profiles the narratives of women who breastfeed their children to full term, typically a period of several years, as part of an 'attachment parenting' philosophy. These mothers talk about their decision to continue breastfeeding...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- EPIGRAPH
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Part I THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY MOTHERING
- Chapter 1 INTENSIVE MOTHERHOOD AND IDENTITY WORK
- Chapter 2 INFANT FEEDING AND INTENSIVE MOTHERHOOD
- Part II LA LECHE LEAGUE
- Chapter 3 CONTEXTUALISING ‘FULL-TERM’ BREASTFEEDING
- Chapter 4 LA LECHE LEAGUE PHILOSOPHY AND COMMUNITY
- Chapter 5 ‘FINDING MY TRIBE’
- Part III ACCOUNTING FOR FULL-TERM BREASTFEEDING
- Chapter 6 ‘IT’S NATURAL’ SOME CULTURAL CONTRADICTIONS
- Chapter 7 ‘WHAT SCIENCE SAYS IS BEST’ SCIENCE AS DOGMA
- Chapter 8 ‘WHAT FEELS RIGHT IN MY HEART’ HORMONES, MORALITY AND AFFECTIVE BREASTFEEDING
- Part IV CONTEXTUALISING INTENSIVE MOTHERHOOD
- Chapter 9 MOTHERING AS IDENTITY WORK IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE THE CASE OF FRANCE
- CONCLUSION
- Appendix 1. Short Term and Long-Term Health Benefits of Breastfeeding for the Child and Mother In Developed Countries
- Appendix 2. Summary of Demographic Results from Questionnaire Responses
- REFERENCES
- INDEX