Revista Estudos Feministas
Print version ISSN 0104-026XOn-line version ISSN 1806-9584
Abstract
CADONA, Eliane and STREY, Marlene Neves. A produção da maternidade nos discursos de incentivo à amamentação. Rev. Estud. Fem. [online]. 2014, vol.22, n.02, pp.477-499. ISSN 1806-9584.
In this article we study several materials from the Breastfeeding Campaign, and discuss practices of incentive to breastfeeding in contemporaneity by observing how those materials disclose the roles of a mother, a father and how children should be nursed. For data analysis, we used Michel Foucault's concepts of discourse and statement, taking them as theoretical and methodological tools. In the materials, we realized the mother is held as the chief responsible for the health of her children, being her duty to take care of the children and nurture them. The father plays a secondary role in this relationship. It is when the medical professional stands out, appointed as the holder of the knowledge about breastfeeding practices, so that the mother must adhere to the expertise in favor of her child's health.
Keywords : Maternity; Paternity; Discourse; Breastfeeding.