The Breastfeeding Café reveals
the nursing relationship in all its complexity through the
stories of diverse women from all over the country, and endeavors
to create a culture in which breastfeeding women are visible,
accepted, and valued.
This book is unique in that it is not a how-to on
breastfeeding; rather, it provides a forum for women
to share their own stories with others. It
approaches breastfeeding as a feminist issue and one that is very important
to childrearing—but is nonjudgmental about women's experiences breastfeeding
their children. Organized thematically and framed within a social and cultural
context by a sociologist and former nursing mother of two, The Breastfeeding
Café moves the subject
of women nursing their children out from behind closed doors.
Barbara L. Behrmann has a Ph.D. in Rural Sociology from Penn State University.
A free-lance writer who has spent the past eight years interviewing hundreds
of women about their breastfeeding experiences, she has done extensive research
on breastfeeding and other maternity-related issues. She lives in Ithaca,
NY. Visit her website at www.breastfeedingcafe.com.
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