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Title:
Back to the breast : natural motherhood and breastfeeding in America / Jessica L. Martucci.
Author:
Martucci, Jessica L., author.
Publication Information:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Call Number:
RJ216 .M36 2015
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780226288031

9780226288178
Physical Description:
292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: why breastfeeding? -- Make room for mother: the "psy"-entific ideology of natural motherhood -- Frustration and failure: the scientific management of breastfeeding "Motherhood raised to the Nth degree": breastfeeding in the postwar years -- Maternal expectations: new mothers, nurses, and breastfeeding -- Our bodies, our nature: breastfeeding, the environment, and feminism -- Woman's right, mother's milk: the nature and technology of breast milk feeding -- Epilogue. Natural motherhood redux.
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