Breastfeeding and media : exploring conflicting discourses that threaten public health /: exploring conflicting discourses that threaten public health. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Katherine A. Foss.
• Authors: Foss, Katherine A, 1980-
• Contents: 1. Breastfeeding and the Media -- 2. "Where the mother's milk is insufficient ... ": The Commodification of Infant Feeding and the Demise of Breastfeeding -- 3. Infant-feeding in the 20th Century: Shifting Media Messages and the Role of the "Expert" -- 4. Breastfeeding Promotion, Formula Marketing and the Role of Health Professionals -- 5. "So you're going to have a baby?": Breastfeeding Messages in Parenting Guides and Children's Books -- 6. From the Milky Man Vest to Nursing on the Throne: Breastfeeding Representations in Fictional Television -- 7. Reality Television Programs and the Failure Narrative -- 8. "The New Boob Tube?": Education, Entertainment, and Viewers' Perceptions of Breastfeeding on Social Media -- 9. Marginalized Milk: "Extreme" Nursing, Milk Exchange, and Erotic Breastfeeding -- 10. Concluding Thoughts: Media's Role in Improving Breastfeeding Success.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 649.33; Breastfeeding -- Social aspects; Mass media in breastfeeding promotion; Public health; Communication; Journalism; Popular Culture; Culture; Gender; Digital media; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General; Breastfeeding -- Social aspects; Mass media in breastfeeding promotion; Public health; Social Science -- Media Studies; Social Science -- Popular Culture; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Media studies; Popular culture; Cultural studies; Breast Feeding; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319564425; 3319564420; 3319564412; 9783319564418
• Related ISBNs: 9783319564418; 3319564412
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 21, 2017).
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