Beasley A
J Hum Lact. 1991 Mar;7(1):7-14. doi: 10.1177/089033449100700113.
The research and literature focusing on aspects of human lactation and infant feeding are dominated by a biomedical orientation. This paper posits that such a manner of delimiting the data to be acquired and analysed represents a peculiarly Western mode of thought. An overview and classification of the types of cultural studies on human lactation and infant feeding confirms the domination of a biomedical approach to the subject and allows the identification of areas which have received little attention. Thus many English language cultural studies of breastfeeding by employing this same methodology against different cultural backdrops offer little or no fresh knowledge or insight into that culture's view of breastfeeding.
专注于人类哺乳和婴儿喂养方面的研究及文献主要以生物医学为导向。本文认为，这种界定待获取和分析数据的方式代表了一种独特的西方思维模式。对人类哺乳和婴儿喂养文化研究类型的概述与分类证实了生物医学方法在该主题上的主导地位，并有助于确定那些很少受到关注的领域。因此，许多关于母乳喂养的英语文化研究在不同文化背景下采用相同的方法，几乎没有或根本没有提供关于该文化对母乳喂养看法的新知识或见解。
