{"product_id":"breastfeeding-rights-in-the-united-karen-m-kedrowski-9780275991364","title":"Breastfeeding Rights in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreastfeeding Rights in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the right to breastfeed in this country exists only in a negative sense: you can do it unless someone takes you to court. Kedrowski and Lipscomb catalog and analyze all the laws, policies, judicial opinions, cultural mores, and public attitudes that bear on breastfeeding in America. They then explore the classic double bind: social norms promulgated by the medical and public health establishment say breast is best; but social practices in the workplace and in public spaces make breastfeeding difficult. Aggravating the double bind is the prominence of the breast in American culture as a sexual object. The double bind creates coercively structured choices that are incompatible with the meaningful exercise of rights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors conclude that the solution to this problem requires new theory and new strategy. They posit a new democratic, feminist theory of the breastfeeding right that is predicated on the following distinctions: DT It is not a right to breastfeed, but a right to choose to breastfeed. DT It is a woman's right to choose, not a baby's right to be breastfeed. DT It is a right, not a duty. The authors predict that framing the breastfeeding right in this way provides the basis for a new strategic coalition between breastfeeding advocates and liberal feminists, who have historically been wary of one another's rhetoric. \u003ci\u003eBreastfeeding Rights in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e represents an important advance toward policy change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen M. Kedrowski,Michael E. Lipscomb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275991369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275991364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.46w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2008 pg. 350","brand":"Karen M. Kedrowski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48135964262655,"sku":"9780275991364","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7fd9eb8-2c6c-4323-b910-09accd4a64b4.jpg?v=1770159614","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breastfeeding-rights-in-the-united-karen-m-kedrowski-9780275991364","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}