Breastfeeding: New Anthropological Approaches

Drawing on case studies and analyses of key issues in the field, the book highlights the power of anthropological research to illuminate the evolutionary, historical, biological, and cultural context of the complex, lived experience of breastfeeding. The volume seeks to stimulate intellectual exchange and new thinking about breastfeeding in order to produce transformative knowledge about human lactation, breastfeeding, and human milk.

Key reading for scholars of medical and biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, and social and cultural anthropology and practitioners (including midwives and lactation consultants) who must fulfil an anthropology requirement as part of their training.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113850288X
• ISBN13: 9781138502888
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"