| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; volume 26 |
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Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 26.
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| Contents |
Embodied cultural dilemmas : an anthropological approach to the study of nighttime breastfeeding and sleep -- Struggles over authoritative knowledge and "choice" in breastfeeding and infant sleep in the U.S. -- Making breastfeeding parents in childbirth education courses -- Dispatches from the moral minefield of breastfeeding -- Breastfeeding as men's "kin work" -- Breastfeeding babies in the nest : producing children, kinship, and moral imagination in the house -- Time to sleep : nighttime breastfeeding and capitalist temporal regimes |
| Summary |
Nighttime for many new parents in the United States is fraught with the intense challenges of learning to breastfeed and helping their babies sleep so they can get rest themselves. Through careful ethnographic study of the dilemmas raised by nighttime breastfeeding, and their examination in the context of anthropological, historical, and feminist studies, this volume unravels the cultural tensions that underlie these difficulties. As parents negotiate these dilemmas, they not only confront conflicting medical guidelines about breastfeeding and solitary infant sleep, but also larger questions about cultural and moral expectations for children and parents, and their relationship with one another |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Breastfeeding -- United States
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Sleep -- United States
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Breastfeeding
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Manners and customs
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Sleep
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140527
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782384366 |
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1782384367 |
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