The Dance of Nurture: Negotiating Infant Feeding (Food, Nutrition, and Culture #6)

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Synopsis
Breastfeeding and child feeding at the center of nurturing practices, yet the work of nurture has escaped the scrutiny of medical and social scientists. Anthropology offers a powerful biocultural approach that examines how custom and culture interact to support nurturing practices. Our framework shows how the unique constitutions of mothers and infants regulate each other. The Dance of Nurture integrates ethnography, biology and the political economy of infant feeding into a holistic framework guided by the metaphor of dance. It includes a critique of efforts to improve infant feeding practices globally by UN agencies and advocacy groups concerned with solving global nutrition and health problems.
Copyright:
2017

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
248 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781785335631
Related ISBNs:
9781800734562, 9781785335624
Publisher:
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Penny Van Esterik and Richard A. O’Connor
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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