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Radio 3,1 min

SeriesNew Generation Thinkers 2017

Breast feeding: From pap to bleeding feet

The Essay

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Corin Throsby reflects on Romantic era ideas about breast feeding and the views of poets Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley. New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by the BBC and AHRC to work with academics to turn their research into radio. This Essay was recorded at the York Festival of Ideas.

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