Is Breast Best?: Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood

by Joan B. Wolf

Book Overview

Why has breastfeeding re-asserted itself over the last twenty years, and why are the government, the scientific and medical communities, and so many mothers so invested in the idea? In Is Breast Best? Joan B. Wolf challenges the widespread belief that breastfeeding is medically superior to bottle-feeding. Despite the fact that breastfeeding has become the ultimate expression of maternal dedication, Wolf writes, the conviction that breastfeeding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479838764
• ISBN13: 9781479838769
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"