Bare Flesh and Sticky Milk: An Affective Conflict Over Public Breastfeeding
On New Year’s Day 2016, a photograph of a breastfeeding woman taken by a Finnish celebrity sparked a social media debate over mothers nursing in public. By analyzing Instagram posts and a discussion forum thread, this article explores the affective body politics involved in this short-lived yet inte...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-11-01
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Series: | Social Media + Society |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119881696 |