Dance of Nurture

Negotiating Infant Feeding

AvPenny Van Esterik,Richard A. O’Connor

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Breastfeeding and child feeding at the center of nurturing practices, yet the work of nurture has escaped the scrutiny of medical and social scientists. Anthropology offers a powerful biocultural approach that examines how custom and culture interact to support nurturing practices. Our framework shows how the unique constitutions of mothers and infants regulate each other. The Dance of Nurture integrates ethnography, biology and the political economy of infant feeding into a holistic framework guided by the metaphor of dance. It includes a critique of efforts to improve infant feeding practices globally by UN agencies and advocacy groups concerned with solving global nutrition and health problems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-06-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:390 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Food, Nutrition, and Culture
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781800734562

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Penny Van Esterik is a Canadian anthropologist who has trained at University of Toronto and received her PhD from University of Illinois. She has taught nutritional and feminist anthropology at York University, Toronto and has a long history of advocacy work on breastfeeding and child health. Her geographical focus is Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand and Lao PDR.

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“The biocultural model developed by Van Esterik and O’Connor is a great contribution to the field.” • Social Anthropology“The book is a much-needed call for support for breastfeeding in developed and less developed countries and has the potential to save lives and reverse infant malnutrition in environments of poverty.” • Ann Millard, Associate Professor, Public Health Studies School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center - McAllen

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I: CHALLENGESChapter 1. Recovering NurtureChapter 2. Studying NurturePART II: CONTEXTSChapter 3. Tracing the Human StoryChapter 4. Entering the Commensal CirclePART III: DIVERSITIESChapter 5. Customizing Nurture in Southeast AsiaChapter 6. Modernizing Nurture: A Global ShiftPART IV: INTERVENTIONSChapter 7. Mastering Nurture: Lessons UnlearnedChapter 8. Negotiating Nurture: Yesterday’s Lesson, Tomorrow’s HopeReferencesIndex