Call for Papers: Giving Breast Milk
Publication Date Fall 2009
Deadline for Abstracts: July 16, 2007
Demeter Press is seeking papers for an edited collection of essays on
breastfeeding and human lactation, to be edited by Rhonda Shaw and
Alison Bartlett. The aim of the collection is to bring together a new
wave of cultural studies and feminist writing on breastfeeding and
human lactation with research from the health sciences and
breastfeeding advocacy. The intention of this Call for Papers is to
cast the invitation to contribute widely, and to include a range of
theoretical and empirically-oriented papers around the theme of
giving breast milk. Submissions are welcomed from academics, health
professionals, and feminist scholars.
Possible topics include, but are by no means restricted to:
Cross-nursing and shared breastfeeding
Adoptive nursing
Milk-bank donation
Adult nursing
Women’s decision to breastfeed
Infant feeding discourses
Breastfeeding Friendly Hospital Initiatives
Breast milk and environmental toxins
Infant feeding as work
To contribute to this collection, please submit an abstract of no
more than 350 words along with your 50 word bio to the Coordinating
Editor, Rhonda Shaw: [log in to unmask]
*The abstract should indicate the topic, methodological approach, and
argument of the intended chapter.
*Completed papers should be no more than 18 pages or 5300 words,
including tables, notes, and references.
*Papers should be double spaced, and authors should follow MLA style
guidelines.
Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
Demeter Press
726 Atkinson, York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON,
Canada, M3J 1P3
416-736-2100 x60366 (fax) 416-736-5766
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www.yorku.ca/arm
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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mothers' Milk Bank of New England
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617-964-6676
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