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At the Breast: Ideologies of Breastfeeding and Motherhood in the Contemporary United States
At the Breast Ideologies of Breastfeeding and Motherhood in the Contemporary United States Author:Linda M. Blum In our irnoic, "post-feminist" age, few things inspire passion. Breastfeeding is one of them. For advocates, breastfeeding is empowering, the only way to supply babies proper nutrition, and the "bond" that cements the mother/child relationship. It is also deemed "natural" in a world of genetically modified product and mal-dominated corporate ... more »health-care. But is it a realistic option for all women? And can a well-intentioned insistence on the necessity of breastfeeding become just another way for some women to feel they have failed as mothers?« less