Joan B Wolf
Biographic Data
| ID | 3745181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan B Wolf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan B |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolf |
| SIGNATURE | WOLF J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Framing Mothers
The National Institute of Child and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD), conducted from 1991 to 2009, reveals how the discourse of childcare research normalizes primary maternal care and distinctly gendered parenting responsibilities. Although the SECCYD deliberately challenges the idea that all children and all forms of care are analytically interchangeable, it implicitly accepts the notion that primary mat…
The Politics of Dissent
I respond here to criticism of my book, Is Breast Best? Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood, that has appeared in popular media and academic debate. I argue that the frequently visceral reaction to the book affirms several of its central arguments: that both scientists and the public often misunderstand the limits of observational research; that they fail to appreciate that all choices, including those about …
Is Breast Really Best? Risk and Total Motherhood in the National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign
From June 2004 to April 2006, cosponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Ad Council, the National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign (NBAC) warned women that not breast-feeding put babies at risk for a variety of health problems. “You'd never take risks before your baby is born. Why start after?” asked televised public service announcements over images of pregnant women logrolling and riding a mechanical bull. The NBAC,…
Harnessing the Holocaust
Harnessing the Holocaust presents the compelling story of how the Nazi genocide of the Jews became an almost daily source of controversy in French politics. Joan Wolf argues that from the Six-Day War through the trial of Maurice Papon in 1997-98, the Holocaust developed from a Jewish trauma into a metaphor for oppression and a symbol of victimization on a wide scale. Using scholarship from a range of disciplines, Harnessing the Holocaust argues t…
Harnessing the Holocaust
Harnessing the Holocaust presents the compelling story of how the Nazi genocide of the Jews became an almost daily source of controversy in French politics. Joan Wolf argues that from the Six-Day War through the trial of Maurice Papon in 1997-98, the Holocaust developed from a Jewish trauma into a metaphor for oppression and a symbol of victimization on a wide scale. Using scholarship from a range of disciplines, Harnessing the Holocaust argues t…
The Politics of Dissent
I respond here to criticism of my book, Is Breast Best? Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood, that has appeared in popular media and academic debate. I argue that the frequently visceral reaction to the book affirms several of its central arguments: that both scientists and the public often misunderstand the limits of observational research; that they fail to appreciate that all choices, including those about …
Framing Mothers
The National Institute of Child and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD), conducted from 1991 to 2009, reveals how the discourse of childcare research normalizes primary maternal care and distinctly gendered parenting responsibilities. Although the SECCYD deliberately challenges the idea that all children and all forms of care are analytically interchangeable, it implicitly accepts the notion that primary mat…
Harnessing the Holocaust
Harnessing the Holocaust presents the compelling story of how the Nazi genocide of the Jews became an almost daily source of controversy in French politics. Joan Wolf argues that from the Six-Day War through the trial of Maurice Papon in 1997-98, the Holocaust developed from a Jewish trauma into a metaphor for oppression and a symbol of victimization on a wide scale. Using scholarship from a range of disciplines, Harnessing the Holocaust argues t…
Is Breast Really Best? Risk and Total Motherhood in the National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign
From June 2004 to April 2006, cosponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Ad Council, the National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign (NBAC) warned women that not breast-feeding put babies at risk for a variety of health problems. “You'd never take risks before your baby is born. Why start after?” asked televised public service announcements over images of pregnant women logrolling and riding a mechanical bull. The NBAC,…
The Politics of Dissent
I respond here to criticism of my book, Is Breast Best? Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood, that has appeared in popular media and academic debate. I argue that the frequently visceral reaction to the book affirms several of its central arguments: that both scientists and the public often misunderstand the limits of observational research; that they fail to appreciate that all choices, including those about …
Framing Mothers
The National Institute of Child and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD), conducted from 1991 to 2009, reveals how the discourse of childcare research normalizes primary maternal care and distinctly gendered parenting responsibilities. Although the SECCYD deliberately challenges the idea that all children and all forms of care are analytically interchangeable, it implicitly accepts the notion that primary mat…
Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Breastfeeding (2 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (2 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works) · Framing (construction) (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)