The politics of breastfeeding / Gabrielle Palmer.
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TextPublication details: London : Pinter & Martin, 2008.Edition: Rev. and updated edDescription: 352 p. ; 20 cmISBN: - 9781905177165 (pbk.) :
- 190517716X (Paper)
- 649.33 PAL
- 649/.33
- RJ211
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 649.33 PAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00213650 |
Previous ed.: London: Pandora, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface to the third edition--1. Why breastfeeding is political--2. The right to call ourselves mammals: the importance of biology--3. How breastfeeding works- and how it was damaged--4. Beauty, books and breasts--5. A taste of infant feeding--6. It\'s not just the milk that counts--7. Your generous donations could do more harm that good--8. HIV and breastfeeding--9. Life, death and birth--10. Population, fertility and sex--11. From the stone age to steam engines: a gallop through history--12. Other women\'s babies: wet nursing--13. The industrial revolution in britain: the era of progress?--14. Markets are not created by God--15. The lure of the global market--16. What is the code?--17. Power struggles--18. Dying for the code--19. Documents and declarations--20. Work, economics and the value of mothering--21. Ecology, waste and greed.
In an updated edition, this powerful and provocative book proves that breastfeeding is much more than a matter of personal inclination. Women all over the world are still being tricked into feeding their babies artificially and this affects us all: our health, our environment and the global economy.