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Edition: 1
Release: 2012-08-15
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0813553040
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
Beyond Health, Beyond Choice pdf
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Current public health promotion of breastfeeding relies heavily on health messaging and individual behavior change. Women are told that “breast is best” but too little serious attention is given to addressing the many social, economic, and political factors that combine to limit women’s real choice to breastfeed beyond a few days or weeks. The result: women’s, infants’, and public health interests are undermined. Beyond Health, Beyond Choice examines how feminist perspectives can inform public health support for breastfeeding. Written by authors from diverse disciplines, perspectives, and countries, this collection of essays is arranged thematically and considers breastfeeding in relation to public health and health care; work and family; embodiment (specifically breastfeeding in public); economic and ethnic factors; guilt; violence; and commercialization. By examining women’s experiences and bringing feminist insights to bear on a public issue, the editors attempt to re Download Beyond Health, Beyond Choice for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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