Lactivism: How Feminists and Fundamentalists, Hippies and Yuppies, and Physicians and Politicians Made Breastfeeding Big Business and Bad Policy
Courtney Jung examines how breastfeeding became a powerful cultural, commercial, and political issue. Bringing together perspectives associated with feminism, religion, counterculture, affluence, medicine, and government, Lactivism considers the forces behind breastfeeding advocacy and questions the policies and assumptions that have accompanied its rise.
About This Book
Lactivism explores the cultural and political forces that made breastfeeding a major public issue and commercial enterprise.
Courtney Jung examines the competing roles of feminists, fundamentalists, hippies, yuppies, physicians, and politicians in shaping the conversation.
The book considers how advocacy, commerce, medicine, and public policy intersect around breastfeeding.
Its title raises a pointed question about whether efforts to promote breastfeeding have produced beneficial policy, unintended consequences, or both.
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