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- Title
Got (Breast) Milk? The act of breastfeeding has been used as a powerful image of propaganda, but can it also be an image of empowerment?
- Authors
Williams, Nadejda
- Abstract
The article discusses about the act of breast feeding as an image of empowerment. Topics of discussion includes according to Roman legend, the city's founders, twins Romulus and Remus, were abandoned at birth were miraculously saved by a kindly she-wolf who provided milk to the babies. The image of Mary breastfeeding Jesus is to remind of her role as the intercessor for all of humanity.
- Subjects
BREASTFEEDING; SELF-efficacy; ROMULUS, King of Rome; REMUS (Twin of Romulus, King of Rome); ROMAN she-wolf (Roman mythology); MARY, Blessed Virgin, Saint
- Publication
History Today, 2021, Vol 71, Issue 8, p18
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article