At the Breast: Ideologies of Breastfeeding and Motherhood in the Contemporary United States | Linda M. Blum
In our irnoic, "post-feminist" age, few things inspire passion. Breastfeeding is one of them. For advocates, breastfeeding is empowering, the only way to supply babies proper nutrition, and the "bond" that cements the mother/child relationship. It is also deemed "natural" in a world of genetically modified product and mal-dominated corporate health-care. But is it a realistic option for all women? And can a well-intentioned insistence on the necessity of breastfeeding become just another way for some women to feel they have failed as mothers?
At the Breast: Ideologies of Breastfeeding and Motherhood in the Contemporary United States | 
