Ideological Analysis of Breastfeeding in Contemporary America

Disciplining the Maternal Body

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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An Ideological Analysis of Breastfeeding in Contemporary America: Disciplining the Maternal Body analyzes the discourses involved in the pro-breastfeeding, “breast is best” paradigm, highlighting how such politically charged rhetoric restrains women’s ability to make the choices that are best for them and their families. Loreen Olson and Jenni M. Simon combat the idea that is so often espoused by medical professionals, researchers, and society at large: to be a good parent, one must provide breast milk to the infant in order for the baby to grow into a healthy, productive citizen. By exposing the biases present, Olson and Simon advocate for the need to make discursive space for all parents and all feeding choices. Scholars of communication, rhetoric, gender and women’s studies, and feminism will find this book particularly useful.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-12-19
Mått160 x 238 x 17 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor152
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498531290

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Chapter 1: Discourse, Ideology, and Breastfeeding: The Breast-is-Best Discursive Formation and the Construction of Hegemonic MotheringChapter 2: Building the Breast-is-Best Discursive Formation: A Genealogy of Hegemonic MotherhoodChapter 3: Creating the Gaze: The Birth of the Medi-Institutionalization of Breastfeeding Chapter 4: Disciplining the Maternal Body: Discourses for Expecting Moms Chapter 5: Disciplining the Marginalized Maternal Body: Discourses of Race, Class, and Privilege Chapter 6: Talking Back: The Discourses of Lived ExperienceChapter 7: Talking Back and Taking Back: Discourses of Resistance and Change