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Anthropology of Breast-Feeding - Natural Law or Social Construct (Paperback, Revised)
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Anthropology of Breast-Feeding - Natural Law or Social Construct (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women
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On the whole, the debates surrounding the issues of breast-feeding
- often reflecting ethnographic and ill-informed medical and
demographic approaches - have failed to treat the deeper issues.
The significance of breast-feeding reaches far beyond its
biological function; in fact, the authors of this volume argue,
there is nothing natural' about breast-feeding itself. On the
contrary, attitudes and practices are socially determined, and
breast-feeding has to be seen as an essential element in the
cultural construction of sexuality.
This volume offers an ethnography' of breast-feeding by examining
cultural norms and practices in a number of European and
non-European societies, thus presenting valuable and often
astonishing empirical material that is not otherwise readily
available. The highly original focus of this volume therefore
throws new light on gender and on social relationships in
general.
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