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The Dance of Nurture

Negotiating Infant Feeding. Food, Nutrition, and Culture

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
Published: 1st Jun 2017
Dimensions: w 151mm h 237mm d 18mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN-10: 1785335626
ISBN-13: 9781785335624
Barcode No: 9781785335624
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Synopsis
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 solving global nutrition and health problems.

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"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 Studies School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center - McAllen