Rand Oakley, Maureen.

The bottle, the breast, and the state : the politics of infant feeding in the United States / Maureen Rand Oakley. - pages cm

Infant feeding policy and practice in the United States -- Feminist perspectives on infant feeding -- Infant feeding on the ground: women's voices -- Explaining breastfeeding rates in the states -- Medical and public health approaches to breastfeeding advocacy -- Breasts, bottles, and maternal activism.

9780739191989 (cloth : alk. paper)

2015007151


Breastfeeding--Political aspects--United States.
Breastfeeding--Social aspects--United States.

RJ216 / .R29 2015

649/.330973