Expressing anxiety? Breast pump usage in American wage workplaces

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 551-567

  Boswell Penc, Maia ^a   Boyer, Kate ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast pumps; Infant feeding decisions; Lactating body; Wage workplace; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; FEMINISM; INFANT FEEDING; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

ALBANY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648834757     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690701562248     Document Type: Article

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