The Dance of Nurture: Negotiating Infant Feeding

by Penny van Esterik and Richard A. O’Connor

Book Overview

Breastfeeding and child feeding at the center of nurturing practices, yet the work of nurture has escaped the scrutiny of medical and social scientists. Anthropology offers a powerful biocultural approach that examines how custom and culture interact to support nurturing practices. Our framework shows how the unique constitutions of mothers and infants regulate each other. The Dance of Nurture integrates ethnography, biology and the political economy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800734565
• ISBN13: 9781800734562
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"