Ethnographies of Breastfeeding
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Ethnographies of Breastfeeding
Description
This volume originated from a workshop at the 2010 European Association
of Social Anthropologists (EASA) held at the National University of Ireland,
Maynooth (NUIM), the institutional affiliation of both of the editors of this
volume. In keeping with the conference theme of “Crisis and Imagination,”
we organized a panel that dealt with explorations of alternative imaginations
regarding global concerns, and the crisis circumstances of when a mother’s
own breastmilk is not available. Entitled “The ‘Breastmilk Problem’,” we put
out a call for papers to contribute to a workshop that treated the problematization of breastmilk globally, illustrating traditions of milk banking and
sharing. We further argued that such initiatives are at a critical phase, experiencing unprecedented opportunities and challenges, inviting a reimagining of
global health within a flexible maternal economy
of Social Anthropologists (EASA) held at the National University of Ireland,
Maynooth (NUIM), the institutional affiliation of both of the editors of this
volume. In keeping with the conference theme of “Crisis and Imagination,”
we organized a panel that dealt with explorations of alternative imaginations
regarding global concerns, and the crisis circumstances of when a mother’s
own breastmilk is not available. Entitled “The ‘Breastmilk Problem’,” we put
out a call for papers to contribute to a workshop that treated the problematization of breastmilk globally, illustrating traditions of milk banking and
sharing. We further argued that such initiatives are at a critical phase, experiencing unprecedented opportunities and challenges, inviting a reimagining of
global health within a flexible maternal economy