White Gold: Stories of Breast Milk Sharing

by Susan Falls

Book Overview

Women have shared breast milk for eons, but in White Gold, Susan Falls shows how the meanings of capitalism, technology, motherhood, and risk can be understood against the backdrop of an emerging practice in which donors and recipients of breast milk are connected through social media in the southern United States.

Drawing on her own experience as a participant, Falls describes the sharing community. She also presents narratives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496201892
• ISBN13: 9781496201898
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"