The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding
- ISBN-10
- 0805205195
- ISBN-13
- 9780805205190
- Category
- Breast feeding
- Pages
- 200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1976
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Author
- Dana Raphael
Description
An anthropologist explores prevailing attitudes toward breastfeeding, detailing its benefits, dispelling current misconceptions, and urging women to develop the maternal role more fully
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