Back to the breast : natural motherhood and breastfeeding in America /
Jessica L. Martucci.
- 292 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780226288031 (cloth : alk. paper)
2015004416
Breastfeeding--History--United States--20th century. Breastfeeding promotion--History--United States--20th century. Infants--Nutrition--United States. Motherhood--United States. Maternal and infant welfare--History--United States--20th century. Mothers--Social life and customs--United States--20th century.