Dance of Nurture

Penny Van Esterik is a Canadian anthropologist who has trained at University of Toronto and received her PhD from University of Illinois. She has taught nutritional and feminist anthropology at York University, Toronto and has a long history of advocacy work on breastfeeding and child health. Her geographical focus is Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand and Lao PDR.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I: CHALLENGESChapter 1. Recovering NurtureChapter 2. Studying NurturePART II: CONTEXTSChapter 3. Tracing the Human StoryChapter 4. Entering the Commensal CirclePART III: DIVERSITIESChapter 5. Customizing Nurture in Southeast AsiaChapter 6. Modernizing Nurture: A Global ShiftPART IV: INTERVENTIONSChapter 7. Mastering Nurture: Lessons UnlearnedChapter 8. Negotiating Nurture: Yesterday’s Lesson, Tomorrow’s HopeReferencesIndex

“The biocultural model developed by Van Esterik and O’Connor is a great contribution to the field.” • Social Anthropology“The book is a much-needed call for support for breastfeeding in developed and less developed countries and has the potential to save lives and reverse infant malnutrition in environments of poverty.” • Ann Millard, Associate Professor, Public Health Studies School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center - McAllen