'Please don't put the whole dang thing out there!': A discursive analysis of internet discussions around infant feeding

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 938-955

  Callaghan, Jane E M ^a   Lazard, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; discourse; infant feeding; mothering; online debate forum; social representations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INTERNET;

EID: 84862315280     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2011.634294     Document Type: Article

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