Geography and the Environment, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
Health Place. 2012 May;18(3):552-60. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.01.010. Epub 2012 Feb 3.
The UK has some of the lowest breastfeeding duration rates in the industrialised world. This paper considers women's experiences breastfeeding in public as a factor in breastfeeding duration. Research is based on an analysis of: 11 interviews and a 46-person survey of new mothers in Southampton, Hampshire; 180 postings about breastfeeding in public on UK parenting website mumsnet; and a patent application for a 'portable lactation module'. I analyse these data through an engagement with the work of cultural theorist Sara Ahmed to argue that the 'limits of sociability' in public space in the UK can be marked through affective practice. This paper makes three unique contributions to scholarship. First, it increases understanding regarding an issue of direct importance to health policy by filling a gap in knowledge about women's experiences breastfeeding outside the home in the UK. Second, it contributes to the field of health geography by showing how affective environments can constrain health-promoting behaviours. Third, it extends conceptual work in human geography more broadly through an analysis of the relationships between affect, embodiment and urban subjectivity.
英国的母乳喂养持续率是工业化世界中最低的国家之一。本文考虑了女性在公共场合母乳喂养的经历，认为这是影响母乳喂养持续时间的一个因素。研究基于对以下内容的分析：11 名在汉普郡南安普顿的新妈妈的访谈和 46 人的调查；英国育儿网站 mumsnet 上关于母乳喂养的 180 个帖子；以及一项“便携式哺乳模块”的专利申请。我通过与文化理论家萨拉·阿赫迈德的著作进行互动，对这些数据进行了分析，认为英国公共空间中“社交的局限性”可以通过情感实践来标记。本文为学术研究做出了三个独特的贡献。首先，通过填补英国女性在家外母乳喂养经历方面知识空白，增加了对直接关系到健康政策问题的理解。其次，通过展示情感环境如何限制促进健康的行为，为健康地理学领域做出了贡献。第三，通过分析情感、体现和城市主体性之间的关系，更广泛地扩展了人文地理学的概念性工作。
