The Anthropology of breast-feeding : natural law or social construct / edited by Vanessa Maher.
| Other author | Maher, Vanessa. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; Providence : Berg ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the US and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1992. |
| Description | xi, 185 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cross-cultural perspectives on women Cross-cultural perspectives on women. ^A468544 |
| Contents | Breast-feeding in cross-cultural perspective : paradoxes and proposals / Vanessa Maher -- Breast-feeding and baraka in northern Tunisia / Marie-Louise Creyghton -- Production and pleasure : research on breast-feeding in Turin / Franca Balsamo ... [et al.] -- A question of reason : breast-feeding patterns in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Iceland / Kirsten Hastrup -- Milk kinship in Shi'ite Islamic Iran / Jane Khatib-Chahidi -- Working mothers in rural Nepal / Catherine Panter-Brick -- Breast-feeding and maternal depletion : natural law or cultural arrangements? / Vanessa Maher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 92234084 |
| ISBN | 0854967214 |
| ISBN | 0854968148 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | RJ216 .A58 1992 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |