Affect, corporeality and the limits of belonging: Breastfeeding in public in the contemporary UK

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 552-560

  Boyer, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective practice; Breastfeeding; Limits to sociability; Public space

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC SPACE; SURVEY METHOD; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; SOUTHAMPTON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859269102     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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