Breastwork
Rethinking breastfeeding
Format:Paperback
Publisher:NewSouth Publishing
Published:31st Oct '05
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Breastwork delivers an original and personal approach to a near-universal practice and doesnt shy from controversy or controversial topics, such as sexual desire and breastfeeding. It features a broad range of illustrations from Renaissance paintings of mother and child (Madonna del Latte) to Jerry Hall breastfeeding on the cover of Vanity Fair and Kate Langbroek breastfeeding on The Panel to a banned New Zealand health poster of a man breastfeeding at work.
"'Breastwork is a beautifully written and accessible guide to the many unexplored cultural meanings of breastfeeding in contemporary society. Of all our bodily functions, lactation is perhaps the most mysterious and least understood. Bartlett's travels through this neglected maternal terrain are both intriguing and inspiring as she shows how breastfeeding can be a transformative act, rather than a moral duty. It is essential reading for all students of the body, whether in the health professions, the social sciences, or gender and cultural studies - and for all mothers who have pondered the secrets of their own breastly intelligence.' - Flona Giles, author of Fresh Milk: The Secret Life of Breasts"
ISBN: 9780868409696
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 340g
216 pages