Is Breast Best?: Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood

(Part of the Biopolitics Series)

by Joan B. Wolf

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Why has breastfeeding re-asserted itself over the last twenty years, and why are the government, the scientific and medical communities, and so many mothers so invested in the idea? In Is Breast Best? Joan B. Wolf challenges the widespread belief that breastfeeding is medically superior to bottle-feeding. Despite the fact that breastfeeding has become the ultimate expression of maternal dedication, Wolf writes, the conviction that breastfeeding...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1479838764

ISBN13:9781479838769

Release Date:July 2013

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:258 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Early Childhood Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Pregnancy & Childbirth Social Science Social Sciences Women's Health

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