Militant lactivism? : attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the UK and France

Militant lactivism? : attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the UK and France /

Following networks of mothers in London and Paris, the author profiles the narratives of women who breastfeed their children to full term, typically a period of several years, as part of an 'attachment parenting' philosophy. These mothers talk about their decision to continue breastfeeding...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Faircloth, Charlotte
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013
Series:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 24.
Subjects:
Breastfeeding > England.
Breastfeeding > France.
Infants > Nutrition > England.
Infants > Nutrition > France.
Parenting > Social aspects.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Epigraph; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I
  • The Context of Contemporary Mothering; Chapter 1
  • Intensive Motherhood and Identity Work; Chapter 2
  • Infant Feeding and Intensive Motherhood; Part II
  • La Leche League; Chapter 3
  • Contextualising 'Full-Term' Breastfeeding; Chapter 4
  • La Leche League: Philosophy and Community; Chapter 5
  • 'Finding My Tribe'; Part III
  • Accounting for Full-Term Breastfeeding; Chapter 6
  • 'It's Natural': Some Cultural Contradictions; Chapter 7
  • 'What Science Says Is Best': Science as Dogma.
  • Chapter 8
  • 'What Feels Right in My Heart': Hormones, Morality and Affective BreastfeedingPart IV
  • Contextualising Intensive Motherhood; Chapter 9
  • Mothering as Identity Work in Comparative Perspective: The Case of France; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; References; Index.

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