| Phys. Description |
xxiii, 233 pages : illustrations |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: towards new anthropologies of breastfeeding -- Beyond passive immunity: breastfeeding, milk and collaborative mother-infant systems -- Consuming immunities: milk sharing and the social life of passive immunity -- Breastfeeding in four cultures: comparative analysis of a biocultural body technique -- "Natural, like my hair": conceptualizations of breastfeeding among African American women -- Breastfeeding and body size -- Mothers, milk, and morals: peer milk sharing as moral motherwork in Central Florida -- Milk medium chain fatty acids and human evolution -- Chestfeeding as gender fluid practice -- Mixed-feeding in humans: evolution and current implications -- Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings: breastfeeding and weaning in the past -- Shifting weanling's optimum: breastfeeding ecology and infant health in Yucatan -- New mothers' breastfeeding expectations, challenges, and the return to employment -- Understanding and enabling breastfeeding in the context of maternal-infant needs. |
| Subject |
Breast Feeding -- ethnology.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Sociological Factors.
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| Other Number |
2017032946 |
| Alt Author |
Tomori, Cecília, editor.
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Palmquist, Aunchalee E. L., editor.
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Quinn, E. A. (Elizabeth A.), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781138502888 (hbk) |
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9781138502871 (pbk) |
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