Sarah Czerny has a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Edinburgh and works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural Studies, University of Rijeka.

• AcknowledgementsList of Tables, Figures and Diagrams1 Introduction Absent Interests: On the Abstraction of Human and Animal Milks1 Species Body and Species Milk2 Observing Milks3 Milk Relations4 (Dis)connection in Milk Relations5 Practical Challenges6 A Caveat7 Road Map2 Interests The Quality and Quantity of Milk1 Weights and Measures2 Quantifying Production in the Hospital and at Home3 Inheritance and Lactation Curves4 Interests in the Quality of Milk5 Selective Interests3 Concepts Good Milkers: Good Mothers; Bad Milkers: Bad Mothers1 Delicate Eco(nomic)-Systems: The Economics of Animal Milk Production2 The Kinship of Human Milk Relations3 (De)personalising Milks4 Documents Documenting Milks1 Cheese, Cheez and Goats2 Documenting Milks3 Not Just Legal Documents4 Types of Milk Relations5 Mothers and Infants Narratives on Motherhood and Milk1 Mother Milkmaid2 Feeding the Family3 Cows as Mothers4 Geographies of Breastfeeding6 Conclusion Working Together on AbstractionBibiliographyIndex

Sarah Czerny has a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Edinburgh and works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural Studies, University of Rijeka.

• AcknowledgementsList of Tables, Figures and Diagrams1 Introduction Absent Interests: On the Abstraction of Human and Animal Milks1 Species Body and Species Milk2 Observing Milks3 Milk Relations4 (Dis)connection in Milk Relations5 Practical Challenges6 A Caveat7 Road Map2 Interests The Quality and Quantity of Milk1 Weights and Measures2 Quantifying Production in the Hospital and at Home3 Inheritance and Lactation Curves4 Interests in the Quality of Milk5 Selective Interests3 Concepts Good Milkers: Good Mothers; Bad Milkers: Bad Mothers1 Delicate Eco(nomic)-Systems: The Economics of Animal Milk Production2 The Kinship of Human Milk Relations3 (De)personalising Milks4 Documents Documenting Milks1 Cheese, Cheez and Goats2 Documenting Milks3 Not Just Legal Documents4 Types of Milk Relations5 Mothers and Infants Narratives on Motherhood and Milk1 Mother Milkmaid2 Feeding the Family3 Cows as Mothers4 Geographies of Breastfeeding6 Conclusion Working Together on AbstractionBibiliographyIndex

Sarah Czerny has a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Edinburgh and works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural Studies, University of Rijeka.

• AcknowledgementsList of Tables, Figures and Diagrams1 Introduction Absent Interests: On the Abstraction of Human and Animal Milks1 Species Body and Species Milk2 Observing Milks3 Milk Relations4 (Dis)connection in Milk Relations5 Practical Challenges6 A Caveat7 Road Map2 Interests The Quality and Quantity of Milk1 Weights and Measures2 Quantifying Production in the Hospital and at Home3 Inheritance and Lactation Curves4 Interests in the Quality of Milk5 Selective Interests3 Concepts Good Milkers: Good Mothers; Bad Milkers: Bad Mothers1 Delicate Eco(nomic)-Systems: The Economics of Animal Milk Production2 The Kinship of Human Milk Relations3 (De)personalising Milks4 Documents Documenting Milks1 Cheese, Cheez and Goats2 Documenting Milks3 Not Just Legal Documents4 Types of Milk Relations5 Mothers and Infants Narratives on Motherhood and Milk1 Mother Milkmaid2 Feeding the Family3 Cows as Mothers4 Geographies of Breastfeeding6 Conclusion Working Together on AbstractionBibiliographyIndex