All Outputs (6)

Contested moral landscapes: Negotiating breastfeeding stigma in breastmilk sharing, nighttime breastfeeding, and long-term breastfeeding in the U.S. and the U.K. (2016)
Journal Article
Tomori, C., Palmquist, A. E. L., & Dowling, S. (2016). Contested moral landscapes: Negotiating breastfeeding stigma in breastmilk sharing, nighttime breastfeeding, and long-term breastfeeding in the U.S. and the U.K. Social Science and Medicine, 168, 178-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.014

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Recent public health breastfeeding promotion efforts have galvanized media debates about breastfeeding in wealthy, Euro-American settings. A growing body of research demonstrates that while breastfeeding is increasingly viewed as... Read More about Contested moral landscapes: Negotiating breastfeeding stigma in breastmilk sharing, nighttime breastfeeding, and long-term breastfeeding in the U.S. and the U.K..

Thinking about breastmilk donation: What are the current issues in unregulated practices of breastmilk donation in the UK? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dowling, S. (2016, August). Thinking about breastmilk donation: What are the current issues in unregulated practices of breastmilk donation in the UK?. Paper presented at Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood: Bio-Cultural Perspectives, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden

This work draws on a review of the evidence and of the current situation, and on reflection following previous conference presentations and discussions rather than on empirical research, although it forms the basis of developing and on-going research... Read More about Thinking about breastmilk donation: What are the current issues in unregulated practices of breastmilk donation in the UK?.

Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy. Progress and emerging outcomes from an ESRC-funded UK seminar series (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dowling, S. (2016, August). Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy. Progress and emerging outcomes from an ESRC-funded UK seminar series. Poster presented at Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood: Bio-Cultural Perspectives, Darlana, Sweden

Dr Sally Dowling (UWE), Dr Kate Boyer (Cardiff University) and Prof David Pontin (University of South Wales) are in receipt of funding from one of the major UK research funding councils, the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) to run series o... Read More about Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy. Progress and emerging outcomes from an ESRC-funded UK seminar series.

Book review: Merrill D. Smith, Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast (2016)
Journal Article
Dowling, S. (2016). Book review: Merrill D. Smith, Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast. Gender and History, 28(2), 537-538. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12228

Book Review: Merrill D. Smith, Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast (Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Rownan and Littlefield, 2014), pp. xi + 288. ISBN 978-0-7591-2331-1

Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy: An ESRC-funded seminar series in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dowling, S. (2016, March). Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy: An ESRC-funded seminar series in the UK. Paper presented at 11th Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Dr Sally Dowling (UWE), Dr Kate Boyer (Cardiff University) and Prof David Pontin (University of South Wales) are in receipt of funding from one of the major UK research funding councils, the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) to run series o... Read More about Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy: An ESRC-funded seminar series in the UK.

Using liminality to understand mothers' experiences of long-term breastfeeding: 'betwixt and between', and 'matter out of place' (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dowling, S. (2016, March). Using liminality to understand mothers' experiences of long-term breastfeeding: 'betwixt and between', and 'matter out of place'. Presented at ESRC Seminar Series: Social Experiences of Breastfeeding: Building Bridges between Research and Policy, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

The embodied experience of breastfeeding can cause women to feel as if they are neither one thing nor another. This paper will consider the issue of long-term breastfeeding, using liminality to think about the experiences of a group of women who brea... Read More about Using liminality to understand mothers' experiences of long-term breastfeeding: 'betwixt and between', and 'matter out of place'.