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Back to the breast : natural motherhood and breastfeeding in America Cover Image Book Book

Back to the breast : natural motherhood and breastfeeding in America / Jessica L. Martucci.

Martucci, Jessica L. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780226288031
  • ISBN: 022628803X
  • ISBN: 9780226288178
  • ISBN: 022628817X
  • Physical Description: 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-284) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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Subject: Breastfeeding > United States > History > 20th century.
Breastfeeding promotion > United States > History > 20th century.
Infants > Nutrition > United States.
Motherhood > United States.
Maternal and infant welfare > United States > History > 20th century.
Mothers > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Breast Feeding > history.
Breast Feeding > trends.
Health Promotion > history.
Maternal Behavior > history.
Maternal Welfare > history.
History, 20th Century.
United States.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library RJ 216 .M37 2015 30775305511017 General Collection Available -

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