Breastfeeding and Mothering in Antiquity and Early Byzantium - 9781032208763

Breastfeeding and Mothering in Antiquity and Early ByzantiumAuthor(s): Stavroula Constantinou, Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032208763, 978-1032208763\nSynopsis\nThis volume offers the first comparative, interdisciplinary, and intercultural examination of the lactating woman biological mother and othermother in antiquity and early Byzantium. Adopting methodologies and knowledge deriving from a variety of disciplines, the volumes contributors investigate the close interrelationship between a woman and her lactating breasts, as well as the social, ideological, theological, and medical meanings and uses of motherhood, childbirth, and breastfeeding, along with their visual and literary representations.\n\nBreastfeeding and the work of mothering are explored through the study of a great variety of sources, mainly works of Greek-speaking cultures, written and visual, anonymous and e.