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This cross-cultural study analyses images and descriptions of breasts and breastfeeding in children’s books and literature for adults, in both English and Swedish. It explores how the feeding of infants is depicted in literature in the two languages and discusses why there are differences and how this might reflect the cultures. Literary, feminist, anthropological, sociological, historical, and cultural research is employed to support the analysis and to suggest explanations for the differing depictions.
“A thought provoking book exploring how the interconnected aspects of society and imagery shape how we feel about women’s bodies and the biologically normal act of breastfeeding.”—Dr Amy Brown, Swansea University, UK
B.J. Woodstein is a Swedish-to-English translator, writer, editor, EDI consultant, lactation consultant and doula, as well as an honorary professor in literature and translation at the University of East Anglia in England.
1. Introduction; 2. Background on Breasts and Breastfeeding; 3. Children’s Literature; 4. Literature for Adults; 5. Analysis of Differences; 6. Conclusion.