Managing the lactating body: The breastfeeding project in the age of anxiety

Infant Feeding Practices: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 23-38

  Avishai, Orit ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Commercialisation of childhood; Maternal projects; Parenting culture; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883480845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6873-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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