The Cultural Art of Breastfeeding by Cynthia Good Mojab, MS
Straight Talk About Real Babies: Defining New-Mom Expectations by Ann Calandro, BSN, RNC, IBCLC
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Breastfeeding And Artificial Babymilk; The Culture And Politics In Breastfeeding by Maya I Johansen
If breastfeeding is so great, why are the rates so low? from girlmom.com
Sleep With Me: A Trans-Cultural Look at the Power – and Protection – of Sharing a Bed by Meredith F. Small, from Mothering magazine, Nov/Dec 1998
Cultural Influences on Infant and Childhood Sleep Biology, and The Science that Studies It: Toward a More Inclusive Paradigm by James J.McKenna Ph.D.
Controlled crying… oops sorry controlled comforting by Sue Cox RN, RM, IBCLC, ABA breastfeeding counsellor
Attachment Parenting in a Detached World by Jennifer Coburn
Social and biological determinants of lactation by Salvador Villalpando, Samuel Flores-Huerta, Mardia López-Alarcón, and Ignacia Cisneros-Silva
The cultural context of breastfeeding and breastfeeding policy by Penny Van Esterik (scroll about halfway down the page to find this paper)
Small, M. Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent. Dell Pub Co., 1999. Here is a review of the book from LEAVEN, Vol. 35 No. 2, April-May 1999, p. 38. In addition, amazon.com has 39 excerpt pages from the book.
P. Stuart- Macadam and K.A. Dettwyler (eds.). Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives. NY: Aldine De Gruyter, 1995.
Baumslag N and Michels DL. Milk, Money, and Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey Trade, 1995.