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Nighttime Breastfeeding: An American Cultural Dilemma

Nighttime Breastfeeding: An American Cultural Dilemma

Hardcover

Series: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural P, Book 26

Women's HealthAnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1805398288
ISBN13: 9781805398288
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Jan 1 2025
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
New parents in the United States are caught between responding to infant needs for closeness and breastfeeding, and cultural and medical norms that emphasize solitary sleep. This anthropological investigation shows that nighttime closeness and breastfeeding are the evolutionary and cross-cultural norm, but recent sociocultural shifts produced novel ideals of separation. The book uncovers how breastfeeding parents rework these cultural ideals. In this new edition, the author describes shifting medical guidance that increasingly supports breastfeeding yet remains largely separated from infant sleep guidance. The volume also provides a path towards more equitable approaches to nighttime infant care grounded in reproductive justice.

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