Why has breastfeeding re-asserted itself over the last twenty
years, and why are the government, the scientific and medical
communities, and so many mothers so invested in the idea? In Is
Breast Best? Joan B. Wolf challenges the widespread belief that
breastfeeding is medically superior to bottle-feeding. Despite the
fact that breastfeeding has become the ultimate expression of
maternal dedication, Wolf writes, the conviction that breastfeeding
provides babies unique health benefits and that formula feeding is
a risky substitute is unsubstantiated by the evidence. In
accessible prose, Wolf argues that a public obsession with health
and what she calls "total motherhood" has made breastfeeding a
cause celebre, and that public discussions of breastfeeding say
more about infatuation with personal responsibility and perfect
mothering in America than they do about the concrete benefits of
the breast. Parsing the rhetoric of expert advice, including the
recent National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign, and rigorously
questioning the scientific evidence, Is Breast Best? uncovers a
path by which a mother can feel informed and confident about how
best to feed her thriving infant-whether flourishing by breast or
by bottle.
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