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This Element explores multi-faceted linkages between feeding and relationship formation based on ethnographic case studies in Morocco, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Costa Rica. Research demonstrates that there are many culturally valued ways of feeding children, contradicting the idea of a single universally optimal feeding standard. It demonstrates further that in many parts of the world, feeding plays a central role in bonding and relationship formation, something largely overlooked in current developmental theories. Analysis shows that feeding contributes to relationship formation through what we call proximal, transactional, and distal dimensions. This Element argues that feeding practices can lead to qualitatively distinct forms of relationships. It has important theoretical and practical implications, calling for the expansion of attachment theory to include feeding and body-centered caregiving and significant changes to global interventions currently based on 'responsive feeding.' This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Author:   Leberecht Funk (Freie Universität Berlin) ,  Gabriel Scheidecker (Freie Universität Berlin) ,  Bambi L. Chapin (University of Maryland) ,  Wiebke J. Schmidt (Universität Osnabrück)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.150kg
ISBN:  

9781009306270

ISBN 10:   1009306278
Pages:   75
Publication Date:   17 August 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Perspectives on feeding and bonding: an introduction; 2. Forming kin attachments during mealtime in rural Morocco; 3. From breast milk to ancestral blessings: feeding through the life course in a pastoralist community of Madagascar; 4. Learning about hierarchy through hand-feeding in Sri Lanka; 5. Feeding and food-giving as a proactive caregiving system among the Tao in Taiwan; 6. Attachment formation through breastfeeding and feeding: insights from urban middle-class families in San José, Costa Rica; 7. Comparison of results and theoretical analysis; 8. Conclusions, implications, and the politics of feeding children; References; About the authors.

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