TY - JOUR
T1 - Lactivism
T2 - how feminists and fundamentalists, hippies and yuppies, and physicians and politicians made breastfeeding big business and bad policy [Book Review]
AU - Clark, Cristy
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Courtney Jung believes that breastfeeding advocates in the United States have unleashed a wave of coercive public breastfeeding initiatives that pressure mothers to feed their babies breastmilk, while providing little support to enable them to do so. She critiques the paucity of medical evidence underpinning the health claims made in favour of breastmilk, and argues that America is ‘using breastfeeding and pumping as a substitute for maternity leave.’
AB - Courtney Jung believes that breastfeeding advocates in the United States have unleashed a wave of coercive public breastfeeding initiatives that pressure mothers to feed their babies breastmilk, while providing little support to enable them to do so. She critiques the paucity of medical evidence underpinning the health claims made in favour of breastmilk, and argues that America is ‘using breastfeeding and pumping as a substitute for maternity leave.’
U2 - 10.1177%2F1037969X1604100120
DO - 10.1177%2F1037969X1604100120
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
SN - 1037-969X
VL - 41
SP - 75
EP - 75
JO - Alternative Law Journal
JF - Alternative Law Journal
IS - 1
ER -