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The social act of breastfeeding: sense and representation

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The social act of breastfeeding: sense and representation

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dc.contributor.author Robledo Díaz, Luis
dc.contributor.author Barreira Barreal, Cristina
dc.contributor.author Carvajal Roca, Eva
dc.contributor.author Fornes Vivas, Rosa
dc.date.accessioned 2023-11-14T15:46:08Z
dc.date.available 2023-11-15T05:45:07Z
dc.date.issued 2023 es_ES
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10550/91133
dc.description.abstract Introduction Many variations exist in breastfeeding practices and their meanings. These depend on the historical and sociocultural context experienced by the mothers and the symbolic constructions present in each group, moment, or place. The positive or negative view will be defined by the meanings attributed to breastfeeding, that is, the perception of their health and that of their children, and the support received by the relatives, the professionals and health institutions. Methods The goal of this study is to describe the social representation of breastfeeding by a postpartum women group from the “Hospital La Salud” in Valencia, Spain, that has chosen exclusive breastfeeding. We have chosen a crosscutting and descriptive approach based on the qualitative methodology employing in-depth interviews, using semi-structured questionnaires. Findings The mothers who participated in this study consider the ability to breastfeed as a prerogative that they possess as women that affords values and symbols to their bodies, developing the idea of a (the) useful body. These connections may create a certain amount of dependence and responsibility on the mothers, in the case in which their bodies are valued less than their children’s and their personal needs become secondary. All women in this study think that a healthy body condition consists of adequate function and must meet the breastfeeding needs in terms of milk production, provides feelings of happiness and pleasure and be able to get back their baseline condition through physiological mechanisms. Imbalance and normalcy, for most of them, were associated with constant pain, milk scarcity, daily fatigue, a general feeling of discomfort, functional limitations and, any negative feeling they generally perceived. Nevertheless, other women argue that pain is useful; they see it as something positive and necessary for their recovery. This different assessment explains the importance of each idea and the power to redirect the different perceptions of breastfeeding towards the positive axis. On the other hand, mothers who lived a negative experience may feel disenchanted and, sometimes, guilty. This feeling of guilt is due to the challenging process of defining their gender identity, which imposes significant responsibility on women: providing the best nourishment for their children. The goal of being “a perfect mother” will become a woman’s sole ethical and moral focus, accepting praise and blames for her breastfeeding performance. A woman could become the author of her self-inflicted oppression, which could generate feelings of insecurity and self-sacrifice in front of a society which does not spare women from the feelings of guilt when they neglect nursing to meet and satisfy their own needs. es_ES
dc.language.iso en es_ES
dc.publisher Dykinson es_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseries Colección Conocimiento Contemporáneo;123
dc.source Robledo Díaz, L., Barreira Barreal, C., Carvajal Roca, E., & Fornes Vivas, R. (2023). The social act of breastfeeding: sense and representation. In M. Bermúdez Vázquez & M. Rojano Simón (Eds.), Estudios sociales, estética, arte y género: nuevos enfoques (1st ed., Vol. 123, pp. 486–504). Dykinson. es_ES
dc.subject lactancia materna es_ES
dc.subject breastfeeding es_ES
dc.title The social act of breastfeeding: sense and representation es_ES
dc.type book part es_ES
dc.subject.unesco UNESCO::SOCIOLOGÍA es_ES
dc.identifier.idgrec 725442 es_ES
dc.accrualmethod - es_ES
dc.embargo.terms 0 days es_ES
dc.type.hasVersion AO es_ES
dc.rights.accessRights open access es_ES

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