Breastfeeding : biocultural perspectives /: biocultural perspectives. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Patricia Stuart-Macadam and Katherine A. Dettwyler, editors.
• Other Names: Stuart-Macadam, Patricia, 1951-; Dettwyler, Katherine A
• Contents: Biocultural perspectives on breastfeeding / Patricia Stuart-Macadam -- A time to wean : the hominid blueprint for the natural age of weaning in modern human populations / Katherine A. Dettwyler -- Breastfeeding in prehistory / Patricia Stuart-Macadam -- The culture and biology of breastfeeding : an historical review of Western Europe / Valerie Fildes -- Sociocultural aspects of the lactation process / Sara A. Quandt -- The politics of breastfeeding : an advocacy perspective / Penny Van Esterik -- Beauty and the breast : the cultural context of breastfeeding in the United States / Katherine A. Dettwyler -- Baby-controlled breastfeeding : biocultural implications / Michael W. Woolridge -- Breastfeeding : adaptive behavior for child health and longevity / Allan S. Cunningham -- Breastfeeding and infant-parent co-sleeping as adaptive strategies : are they protective against SIDS? / James J. McKenna and Nicole J. Bernshaw -- Breastfeeding, fertility, and maternal condition / Peter T. Ellison -- Breast cancer, reproductive biology, and breastfeeding / Marc S. Micozzi -- Commentary / Sheila Kitzinger -- Commentary / Ruth A. Lawrence -- Commentary / Doren Fredrickson.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (430 pages)
• Subjects: 649/.33; Breastfeeding -- Cross-cultural studies; Breast Feeding; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Allaitement maternel -- Études transculturelles; Breastfeeding; Anthropologie; Soziokultureller Faktor; Stillen; Allaitement maternel -- Études transculturelles; Stillen; Anthropologie; Aufsatzsammlung; Soziokultureller Faktor; Aufsatzsammlung; Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351530736; 1351530739
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.