INSIDE THE MIND OF KATHY DETTWYLER
  • Curriculum Vitae 2014
  • Essays, Letters to the Editor, PowerPoints
    • Loss of oestrus and concealed ovulation in primates
    • Muslim Americans and Terrorist Attacks in the US
    • Is Breastfeeding Advocacy Anti-Feminist?
    • "A Worldwide Average Age of Weaning?" -- or "That Pesky 4.2 Years Figure"
    • "Breastfeeding as a Human Rights Issue"
    • Breastfeeding vs. Lactation (2005) Why a child nursing from a non-lactating mother is not child abuse
    • Why breastfeeding is more than just milk (X-rated, for references to sex)
    • Examples of societies where children nurse for many years
    • Response to Rhonda Graham's column bashing moms who breastfeed in public
    • PowerPoint Presentations on Breasts
  • "Court Letter" -- no longer available -- electronic copy, words of wisdom from Elizabeth Baldwin
    • 2015 Court Letter --
    • "Extended Breastfeeding and the Law"
    • "Is Breastfeeding Really a Visitation Issue" by Elizabeth N. Baldwin (1993)
  • Scholarly Publications (peer-reviewed)
    • 2004 "When to Wean: Biological vs. Cultural Perspectives" -- Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • 1998-99 "Evolutionary Medicine & Breastfeeding: Implications for Research & Pediatric Advice" -- Skomp Lecture, Indiana Unversity
    • 1995 "Beauty & the Breast: The Cultural Context of Breastfeeding in the United States"
    • 1995 "A Time to Wean: The Hominid Blueprint for the Natural Age of Weaning in Modern Human Populations"
    • 1992 "Infant Feeding Practices and Growth" -- Annual Review of Anthropology; coauthored with Claudia Fishman
    • 1992 "Nutritional Status of Adults in Rural Mali"
    • 1991 "Paleopathology and Compassion" AJPA
    • 1989 "Styles of Infant Feeding: Parental/Caretaker Control of Food Consumption in Young Children" -- American Anthropologist
    • 1988 "More than Nutrition: Breastfeeding in Urban Mali" -- Medical Anthropology Quarterly
    • 1987 "Breastfeeding and Weaning in Mali: Cultural Context and Hard Data," Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 24, No. 8, pp. 633-644
    • 1986 "Infant Feeding in Mali, West Africa: Variations in Belief and Practice" SSM
  • Books & Documentaries
  • Contact
  • Book Reviews (reviews written by Kathy Dettwyler)
  • Terrains of Ignorance -- a lecture by Dr. Marlys Witte (1995)
  • Blog
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1998-99  "Evolutionary Medicine & Breastfeeding: Implications for  Research & Pediatric Advice" -- Skomp Lecture, Indiana Unversity
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