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Author Freeman, Andrea (Associate Professor of Law), author

Title Skimmed : breastfeeding, race, and injustice / Andrea Freeman
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 272 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : a formula for discrimination -- The famous Fultz quads -- Black breastfeeding in America -- Race-targeted formula marketing -- The bad black mother -- When formula rules -- Legalizing breast milk -- The Fultz quads after Pet Milk -- Conclusion : "first food" freedom
Summary "The Famous Fultz Quads tells the heartbreaking story of America's first recorded African American quadruplets, their rise to fame and use as advertising symbols for baby formula companies, and the damage done both to their lives and the greater health and wellbeing of generations of African American families in the US. This book brings to light the true causes of the dramatic racial disparities in breastfeeding rates in America--revealing how aspects of law, corporate influence, culture, and the media have all contributed to this disparity, and provides concrete strategies for legal and policy reform that would reduce or eliminate racial disparities in breastfeeding and infant mortality"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 11, 2020)
Subject Pet Milk Company -- Influence
SUBJECT Pet Milk Company fast
Subject African American infants -- Nutrition -- United States -- History
Infant formulas -- United States -- Marketing -- History
African Americans in advertising -- United States -- History
Breastfeeding -- United States -- History
Health and race -- United States -- History
Quadruplets -- United States -- Biography
Infants.
Breast Feeding -- history
Infant Formula -- history
Black or African American -- history
Advertising -- history
Race Relations -- history
Quadruplets -- history
Infant
infants.
LAW / Health.
Infants
African Americans in advertising
Breastfeeding
Health and race
Infant formulas -- Marketing
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Quadruplets
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781503610811
1503610810