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Call for Submissions: Giving Breast Milk
Sunday, April 8, 2007

The first time I felt like a true writer I was published in an anthology called If Women Ruled the World: How to Create the World We Want to Live In. I was so thrilled to be published in a book. I mean a real, living, breathing BOOK! It was life-changing. That's why I wanted to share this call for papers from Demeter Press.

I may submit a paper, but academic writing just isn't my thing. I'd hate to pass this opportunity up, though. If you, however, are well-versed in MLA style and have a thing or two to say about breastfeeding, consider submitting a paper for this Giving Breast Milk.

Call for Papers: Giving Breast Milk

Publication Date: Fall 2009
Deadline for Abstracts: July 16, 2007

Demeter Press is seeking papers for an edited collection of essays on breastfeeding and human lactation, to be edited by Rhonda Shaw and Alison Bartlett. The aim of the collection is to bring together a new wave of cultural studies and feminist writing on breastfeeding and human lactation with research from the health sciences and breastfeeding advocacy. The intention of this Call for Papers is to cast the invitation to contribute widely, and to include a range of theoretical and empirically-oriented papers around the theme of giving breast milk. Submissions are welcomed from academics, health professionals, and feminist scholars.

Possible topics include, but are by no means restricted to:

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Cross-nursing and shared breastfeeding
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Adoptive nursing
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Milk-bank donation
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Adult nursing
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Women’s decision to breastfeed
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Infant feeding discourses
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Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiatives
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Breast milk and environmental toxins
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Infant feeding as work

To contribute to this collection, please submit an abstract of no more than 350 words along with your 50 word bio to the Coordinating Editor, Rhonda Shaw: rhonda.shaw@vuw.ac.nz.

For more information, visit Demeter Press.