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The Dance of Nurture. Negotiating Infant Feeding.
Esterik, Penny Van; O'connor, Richard A.
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Description for The Dance of Nurture. Negotiating Infant Feeding.
Hardback. The Dance of Nurture integrates ethnography, biology and the political economy of infant feeding to detail the efforts to improve infant feeding practices globally by UN agencies and advocacy groups concerned with solving global nutrition and health problems. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBNH3; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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 shows how the unique constitutions of mothers and infants regulate each other. The Dance of Nurture integrates ethnography, biology and the political economy of infant feeding into a holistic framework guided by the metaphor of dance. It includes a critique of efforts to improve infant feeding practices globally by UN agencies and advocacy groups concerned with ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Series
Food, Nutrition, and Culture
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785335624
SKU
V9781785335624
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About Esterik, Penny Van; O'connor, Richard A.
Penny Van Esterik is a Canadian anthropologist who has trained at University of Toronto and received her PhD from University of Illinois. She has taught nutritional and feminist anthropology at York University, Toronto and has a long history of advocacy work on breastfeeding and child health. Her geographical focus is Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand and Lao PDR.
Reviews for The Dance of Nurture. Negotiating Infant Feeding.
“The biocultural model developed by Van Esterik and O’Connor is a great contribution to the field.” • Social Anthropology “The book is a much-needed call for support for breastfeeding in developed and less developed countries and has the potential to save lives and reverse infant malnutrition in environments of poverty.” • Ann Millard, Associate Professor, Public Health ... Read more