Negotiated Breastfeeding - Holistic Postpartum Care and Embodied Parenting (Hardcover)

Based on an ethnography of postpartum consultations by independent midwives in Switzerland, this book produces unique insights into home-birth parents' breastfeeding journey from the first hours after birth to weaning. Considered the "natural" continuity of childbirth without intervention, breastfeeding is a fundamental component of the holistic, continuous and individualised care independent midwives provide as they engage with parents in a shared construction of meaning around breastfeeding. This book offers new perspectives on the conceptualisation of breastfeeding as a shared process. Parents, in collaboration with their midwife and baby, are jointly constructing "negotiated breastfeeding". As the child grows and develops, questions arise regarding the management of risks, the construction of the lactating body and the body work required, and the perception of breastfeeding as a means of communication with the child, consistent with a "child-centred" approach to parenting. Fostering a reflection on the contrasts and similarities between the marginal model of holistic care and the dominant biomedical model, this book sheds light on issues of a broader scope: the relationship to health risks and health promotion, gender inequalities regarding parental roles and responsibilities, the concept of the child as a "project", and the consequential "intensification" of parenthood. The book also explores transversal themes by outlining how reproduction and parenting are undertaken in Switzerland, framed by the local cultural, political and economic context, including the gender system and resulting power relationships.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social Science Perspectives on Childbirth and Reproduction
Release date:	October 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Caroline Chautems
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-64352-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Midwifery > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > Women's health Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General
LSN:	0-367-64352-9
Barcode:	9780367643522

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