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Feminism, Breasts and Breast-Feeding

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Pam Carter

    1. Sociology Division, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Great Breast-Feeding Question

    • Pam Carter
    Pages 1-33

  3. A Tidal Wave of Good Advice

    • Pam Carter
    Pages 34-70

  4. Infant Feeding in Women’s Lives

    • Pam Carter
    Pages 71-105

  5. Public Space and Private Bodies

    • Pam Carter
    Pages 106-132

  6. Breast-feeding, Sex and Bodies

    • Pam Carter
    Pages 133-160

  7. ‘She Said the Baby Belonged to the State’: Health Professionals and Mothering

    • Pam Carter
    Pages 161-188

  8. Control and Resistance in Infant Feeding Regimes

    • Pam Carter
    Pages 189-213

  9. Feminism and Infant Feeding: Theory and Policy

    • Pam Carter
    Pages 214-240

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 241-266
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This book uses a feminist approach to examine the vast amount of material on breast-feeding. Baby milk manufacture is usually seen as the sole cause of the decline in breast-feeding. Using interviews with women the author looks at other dimensions: the sexualization of breasts; the conditions under which infant feeding takes place and professional interventions into mothering. Policy documents and popular breast-feeding books are shown to be preoccupied with getting women to do what they deem natural rather than with women's real needs.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sociology Division, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Pam Carter

About the author

PAM CARTER is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Northumbria. She has published in the fields of social work and education and is currently engaged in research on sexuality in higher education.

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