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Author:

Wolf, Joan B. (Joan Beth)

Title:

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

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xvii, 241 p.

Subject:

Breast Feeding.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
Politics.
Public Opinion.
Breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding--Government policy--United States.
Breastfeeding--Social aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

Series:

Biopolitics : medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century

ISBN:

0814795250 (ebook)
9780814795255 (ebook)
0814794815 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814794814 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)643443387

LCCN:

2010026254

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)