Breastfeeding and Media

Exploring Conflicting Discourses That Threaten Public Health

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvKatherine A. Foss

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Foss argues that the media’s messages play an integral role in setting the standard of public knowledge and attitudes toward breastfeeding, as she traces shifting public perceptions of breastfeeding and their corresponding media constructions from the development of commercial formula through contemporary times.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-06-29
Mått148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor286
Upplaga17001
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319564418

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1. Breastfeeding and the Media.- 2. "Where the mother’s milk is insufficient...": The Commodification of Infant Feeding and the Demise of Breastfeeding.- 3. Infant-feeding in the 20th Century: Shifting Media Messages and the Role of the "Expert".- 4. Breastfeeding Promotion, Formula Marketing and the Role of Health Professionals.- 5. "So you’re going to have a baby?": Breastfeeding Messages in Parenting Guides and Children's Books.- 6. From the Milky Man Vest to Nursing on the Throne: Breastfeeding Representations in Fictional Television.- 7. Reality Television Programs and the Failure Narrative.- 8. "The New Boob Tube?": Education, Entertainment, and Viewers’ Perceptions of Breastfeeding on Social Media.- 9. Marginalized Milk: "Extreme" Nursing, Milk Exchange, and Erotic Breastfeeding.- 10. Concluding Thoughts: Media’s Role in Improving Breastfeeding Success.