Breastfeeding and the virgins of the milk
Section: TEACHING TO LEARN
Authors
1Mª Emilia Martínez Roche, 2Mª de los Ángeles Castaño Molina
Position
1Coordinadora de la Unidad Docente de Matronas. Servicio Murciano de Salud. Escuela Universitaria de enfermería. Universidad de Murcia2Enfermera. Presidenta de la Asociación de Matronas de la Región de Murcia. Hospital del Noroeste.
Contact address
Universidad de Murcia. Campus Universitario de Espinardo. Avda. Teniente Flomeste, 5. 30003 Murcia.
Contact email: angcastano@hotmail.com.
Abstract
Anthropology analyzes the act of feeding as part of the cultural systems, which is why we have decided to start with breastfeeding and the iconographic models that the Virgins of the Milk have shown. We aim to relate breastfeeding as part of the act of feeding with the sociocultural factors that have an effect on it: gender, religion, social status, economy or politics. Based on the fields studied, we will show that models emerge so that society can imitate them with a specific objective, as part of the education process. The results obtained show that religious images have promoted breastfeeding but history reveals that high-class women have often assigned this function to wet nurses.
Keywords:
breastfeeding; act of feeding; anthropology; wet nurseVirgin of the milk
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