I receive many requests to use my Beauty of Breastfeeding Photos... mostly
for WIC, hospital-based brochures, etc. This week I received a request from
a Canadian publisher wanting to use one of my photos in a publication that will
be printed soon (only about 700 books to print). However small, I was
concerned when I querried about the project. I have included an excerpt just
to give everyone a heads up for something that is in the works and will be
distributed soon:
I hope the following will clarify the book's perspective for the artist. I'd be
happy to provide any additional clarification. This book is a history of Canadian
breastfeeding policy and politics: it comes from a strong feminist perspective,
and is particularly interested in the relative position of both mothers and
infants in policy making through the last century. The book is squarely
focussed on the practice of breastfeeding and aims for a balanced approach.
It does not raise arguments against breastfeeding, and provides a detailed
and vital account and context of current debates surrounding the practice. It
aims to take a more holistic view of the practice and effects of policy on a
multitude of women's lives, with the goal of providing insight into the success
of those policies and the actual support varying populations of women receive,
and identifying the material challenges women face > in integrating
breastfeeding into their lives.>>
In the authors' own words:>> A historical understanding of the relationship
between> socio-cultural trends and breastfeeding patterns is essential to>
informing current policy development and advocacy in the area of> infant
feeding. We examine the context of policy development in the> twenty-first
century, including the possible challenges presented by> international free
trade agreements, questions about> federal/provincial responsibility for
breastfeeding promotion, the> relationship between women’s productive and
reproductive work, and> the need to redefine breastfeeding success at a
policy level. As we> move into the twenty-first century, breastfeeding has
continued to> be considered an important practice, with health and social>
implications at both individual and national levels. In many ways,> since the
development of the earliest policies on breastfeeding, the> “choice” to
breastfeed has become a moral one. In the Conclusion, we> caution against
policies that continue to place responsibility for> social problems such as
the “obesity epidemic” and soaring health> care costs on the infant-feeding
choices of individual women.>> Women giving birth at the beginning of the
twenty-first century> introduce their infants to a world that is vastly different
from the> one that existed at the beginning of the twentieth century.
However,> the question of what to feed those infants is not a new one. Our>
individual and collective ideas and beliefs about breastfeeding have> been
shaped by over a century of shifting policies and practices as> well as by
major social and cultural transformations, particularly> in the areas of science
and medicine, childrearing and family> structure, and the relationships
between government and citizens.> Yet, inexplicably, current discussions
about breastfeeding display> only a superficial awareness of the socio-
historical forces that> have shaped debates about breastfeeding. It is our
hope that “The> One Best Way”? will aid in rectifying this situation and
contribute> to dialogue on what still may be.>> Regards,> Lisa>> -- > Lisa
Quinn> Acquisitions Editor> Wilfrid Laurier University Press>> tel: 519-884-
0710 ext. 2843> fax: 519-725-1399> email: [log in to unmask]> web:
http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca
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