The dance of nurture : negotiating infant feeding

The dance of nurture : negotiating infant feeding /

Breastfeeding and child feeding at the center of nurturing practices, yet the work of nurture has escaped the scrutiny of medical and social scientists. Anthropology offers a powerful biocultural approach that examines how custom and culture interact to support nurturing practices. Our framework sho...

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Main Authors: Van Esterik, Penny (Author), O'Connor, Richard A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
Series:Food, nutrition, and culture ; v. 6.
Subjects:
Infants > Nutrition > Social aspects.
Baby foods > Social aspects.
Nurturing behavior in children.
Empathy in children.
Infants > Nutrition.
Breastfeeding.
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Breast Feeding
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Challenges
  • Introduction : recovering nurture
  • Studying nurture
  • Part II. Contexts
  • Tracing the human story
  • Entering the commensal circle
  • Part III. Diversities
  • Customizing nurture in Southeast Asia
  • Modernizing nurture : a global shift
  • Part IV. Interventions
  • Mastering nurture : lessons unlearned
  • Negotiating nurture : yesterday's lesson, tomorrow's hope.

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