001480361 000__ 05230nam\a22009735i\4500 001480361 001__ 1480361 001480361 003__ DE-B1597 001480361 005__ 20231026035138.0 001480361 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480361 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480361 008__ 230918t20102010nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480361 020__ $$a9780814795255 001480361 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814794814.001.0001$$2doi 001480361 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547090 001480361 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480361 0410_ $$aeng 001480361 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480361 072_7 $$aSOC026000$$2bisacsh 001480361 1001_ $$aWolf, Joan B., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480361 24510 $$aIs Breast Best? :$$bTaking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood /$$cJoan B. Wolf. 001480361 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2010] 001480361 264_4 $$c©2010 001480361 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480361 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480361 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480361 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480361 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480361 4900_ $$aBiopolitics ; ;$$v4 001480361 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tPreface -- $$t1. Monitoring Mothers -- $$t2. The Science -- $$t3. Minding Your Own (Risky) Business -- $$t4. From the Womb to the Breast -- $$t5. Scaring Mothers -- $$t6. Conclusion -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480361 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480361 520__ $$aSince the invention of dextri-maltose and the subsequent rise of Similac in the early twentieth century, parents with access to clean drinking water have had a safe alternative to breast-milk. Use of formula spiked between the 1950s and 1970s, with some reports showing that nearly 75 percent of the population relied on commercial formula to at least supplement a breastfeeding routine. So how is it that most of those bottle-fed babies grew up to believe that breast, and only breast, is best?In Is Breast Best? Joan B. Wolf challenges the widespread belief that breastfeeding is medically superior to bottle-feeding. Despite the fact that breastfeeding has become the ultimate expression of maternal dedication, Wolf writes, the conviction that breastfeeding provides babies unique health benefits and that formula feeding is a risky substitute is unsubstantiated by the evidence. In accessible prose, Wolf argues that a public obsession with health and what she calls "total motherhood" has made breastfeeding a cause célèbre, and that public discussions of breastfeeding say more about infatuation with personal responsibility and perfect mothering in America than they do about the concrete benefits of the breast.Why has breastfeeding re-asserted itself over the last twenty years, and why are the government, the scientific and medical communities, and so many mothers so invested in the idea? Parsing the rhetoric of expert advice, including the recent National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign, and rigorously questioning the scientific evidence, Wolf uncovers a path by which a mother can feel informed and confident about how best to feed her thriving infant-whether flourishing by breast or by bottle. 001480361 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480361 546__ $$aIn English. 001480361 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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