Giving Breastmilk Body Ethhics and Contemporary Breastfeeding Practise

by Rhonda Shaw and Alison Bartlett

This fascinating collection samples new trends in research on breastmilk and the conditions of its production, consumption, and exchange. Imagining breastfeeding as more than an aspect of maternal being, Giving Breastmilk is interested in the ethical relations it generates, as well as it being valuable work that women do. The chapters trace the social anxieties around breastmilk into courts of law, news media, cinema and international politics, analyse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986667102
• ISBN13: 9780986667107
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Demeter Press
• Length: 264 Pages