Author : Janet Golden
Release : 2001
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Rating : 723/5 ( reviews)

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A Social History of Wet Nursing in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Social History of Wet Nursing in America write by Janet Golden. This book was released on 2001. A Social History of Wet Nursing in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the colonial period through to the 20th century, this text examines the intersection of medical science, social theory and cultural practices as they shaped relations among wet nurses, physicians and families. It explores how Americans used wet nursing to solve infant feeding problems, shows why wet nursing became controversial as motherhood slowly became medicalized, and elaborates how the development of scientific infant feeding eliminated wet nursing by the beginning of the 20th century. Janet Golden's study contributes to our understanding of the cultural authority of medical science, the role of physicians in shaping child rearing practices, the social construction of motherhood, and the profound dilemmas of class and culture that played out in the private space of the nursery.