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  • Source: Matrescence and Performance , pp 60-84
  • Publication Date: April 2026
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/9781835952269_6
  • Language: English
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Sustenance
Intellect , 60 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1386/9781835952269_6
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  4. Beallor, Angela and Elizabeth (EP) Press (2023), ‘“Other's milk and milk of many” queer re/productions: Exploring care work through collaborative art-making’, Journal of Mother Studies, 8, https://jourms.org/queer-re-productions-exploring-care-work-through-collaborative-art-making/. Accessed 22 March 2024 .
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  6. Cambridge Dictionary Online (n.d.), https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sustenance. Accessed 19 December 2023 .
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  8. Dobkin, Jess (2006), The Lactation Station Breast Milk Bar, Presented at The Ontario College of Art and Design Professional Gallery.
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  12. Hoare, Philip (2014), The Sea Inside, New York: Harper Collins.
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  14. Isard, Holly and Harrison, Jo (2024), Breastfeeding as Work: The Contradictions of Breastfeeding Under Capitalism, 19 February, Feminist Lecture Program.
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  28. Šimić, Lena and Underwood-Lee, Emily (2021), Maternal Performance: Feminist Relations, London: Routledge.
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  30. Sudhoff, Sarah (2013), Supply and Demand, https://www.sarahsudhoff.com/supplydemand. Accessed 13 June 2025 .
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  32. Tyler, Imogen (2009), ‘Against abjection’, Feminist Theory, 10:1, pp. 77–98, https://doi.org/10.1177/1464700108100393.
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  33. UK Rules: Breastfeeding Law UK (2022), https://www.theukrules.co.uk/rules/health/public-health/breastfeeding-in-public/. Accessed 10 January 2023 .
  34. Vikram, Anuradha (2021), ‘Milk Intelligence’, Publication for Patty Chang's Milk Debt at the 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica.
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  36. World Health Organisation (n.d.), Breastfeeding, https://www.who.int/health-topics/breastfeeding#tab=tab_2. Accessed 10 January 2023 .
  37. Wolfarth, Joanna (2023), Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding, London: W&N.
     [Google Scholar]
  38. Yate, Zainab (2020), When Breastfeeding Sucks, London: Pinter and Martin Ltd.
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