Beyond Health, Beyond Choice

PAIGE HALL SMITH is Associate Professor of Public Health Education and Director of the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. BERNICE L. HAUSMAN is Professor of English at Virginia Tech and the author of Mother’s Milk: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture and Viral Mothers: Breastfeeding in the Age of HIV/AIDS.MIRIAM LABBOK is Professor and Director of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute in the Department of Maternal and Child Health in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

"Masterful selection of clearly written pieces help to guide readers through an engaging and informative collection. Fascinating for researchers and practitioners examining issues of gender equality, choice, and public health, it is also educational for those seeking to learn more about the social, economic, and political aspects of this controversial topic." (World Medical and Health Policy) "This well-written and accessible book is free of jargon, and covers a sweeping variety of topics. The case studies are interesting and often moving; this book is a desperately needed and important step toward reconciling feminist views on breastfeeding." - Professor Karen Kedrowski (coauthor of Breastfeeding Rights in the United States) "Beyond Health, Beyond Choice is a collection of 23 well-written and thoughtprovoking articles exploring a wide range of mother-related topics including race, class and culture, medicalization of breastfeeding support, marketing milk, guilt, media, and sexuality."(International Lactation Consultant Association) "Recommended. All levels of students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners." (Choice) "Masterful selection of clearly written pieces help to guide readers through an engaging and informative collection. Fascinating for researchers and practitioners examining issues of gender equality, choice, and public health, it is also educational for those seeking to learn more about the social, economic, and political aspects of this controversial topic." (World Medical and Health Policy) "This well-written and accessible book is free of jargon, and covers a sweeping variety of topics. The case studies are interesting and often moving; this book is a desperately needed and important step toward reconciling feminist views on breastfeeding." - Professor Karen Kedrowski (coauthor of Breastfeeding Rights in the United States) "Beyond Health, Beyond Choice is a collection of 23 well-written and thoughtprovoking articles exploring a wide range of mother-related topics including race, class and culture, medicalization of breastfeeding support, marketing milk, guilt, media, and sexuality."(International Lactation Consultant Association) "Recommended. All levels of students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners." (Choice)

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I Frames1. Feminism and Breastfeeding2. Breastfeeding Promotion through Gender Equity3. Breastfeeding in Public HealthPart II Studying Breastfeeding across Race, Class, and Culture4. Breastfeeding across Cultures5. The Dangers of Baring the Breast:6. Racism, Race, and Disparities in BreastfeedingPart III Medical Institutions and Health Education7. Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Shrinking Maternal Authority8. New Professions and Old Practices9. Preparing Women to BreastfeedPart IV Roles and Realities10. “Are We There Yet?” Breastfeeding as a Gauge of Carework by Mothers11. Breastfeeding and the Gendering of Infant Care12. Working out Work13. The Impact of Workplace Practices on Breastfeeding Experiences and Disparities among WomenPart V Making and Marketing Mothers’ Milk14. Marketing Mothers’ Milk15. Empowerment or Regulation?Part VI Morality and Guilt16. Feminist Breastfeeding Promotion and the Problem of Guilt17. Breastfeeding in the MarginsPart VII Media and Popular Culture18. Reinstating Pleasure in Reality19. Breastfeeding in the “Baby Block”20. Rethinking the Importance of Social ClassPart VIII Sexuality and Women’s Bodies21. Breastfeeding in Public22. Sexual or Maternal Breasts?23. IntersectionsConclusionBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex