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Current public health promotion of breastfeeding relies heavily on health messaging and individual behavior change. Women are told that breast is best but too little serious attention is given to addressing the many social, economic, and political factors that combine to limit womens real choice to breastfeed beyond a few days or weeks. The result: womens, infants, and public health interests are undermined. Beyond Health, Beyond Choice examines how feminist perspectives can inform public health support for breastfeeding.Written by authors from diverse disciplines, perspectives, and countries, this collection of essays is arranged thematically and considers breastfeeding in relation to public health and health care; work and family; embodiment (specifically breastfeeding in public); economic and ethnic factors; guilt; violence; and commercialization. By examining womens experiences and bringing feminist insights to bear on a public issue, the editors attempt to reframe the discussion to better inform public health approaches and political action. Doing so can help us recognize the value of breastfeeding for the publics health and the important productive and reproductive contributions women make to the world.

Sociology of health --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Borstvoeding --- Public Policy. --- Feminism. --- Breast Feeding. --- Breast Feeding, Exclusive --- Breastfeeding --- Breastfeeding, Exclusive --- Breast Fed --- Breastfed --- Milk Sharing --- Wet Nursing --- Exclusive Breast Feeding --- Exclusive Breastfeeding --- Sharing, Milk --- Lactation --- Milk, Human --- Feminist Ethics --- Ethics, Feminist --- Women's Rights --- Affirmative Action --- Migration Policy --- Population Policy --- Social Protection --- Social Policy --- Action, Affirmative --- Migration Policies --- Policies, Migration --- Policies, Population --- Policies, Public --- Policies, Social --- Policy, Migration --- Policy, Population --- Policy, Public --- Policy, Social --- Population Policies --- Protection, Social --- Public Policies --- Social Policies --- Policy Making --- Social Control, Formal --- Social aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Government policy. --- Breast feeding --- Nursing (Breastfeeding) --- Suckling --- Infants --- Wet nurses --- Emancipation of women --- Feminist movement --- Women --- Women's lib --- Women's liberation --- Women's liberation movement --- Women's movement --- Social movements --- Anti-feminism --- Nutrition --- Emancipation