Reproducing Race : An Ethnography of Pregnancy as a Site of Racialization /

Reproducing Race, an ethnography of pregnancy and birth at a large New York City public hospital, explores the role of race in the medical setting. Khiara M. Bridges investigates how race-commonly seen as biological in the medical world-is socially constructed among women dependent on the public hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bridges, Khiara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2011]
Temas:
Discrimination in medical care > New York (State) > New York.
Hospitals > Maternity services > New York (State) > New York.
Minorities > Medical care > New York (State) > New York.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
america.
biology of race.
childbirth.
ethnographers.
ethnography.
expecting mothers.
infant mortality.
marginalized women.
maternal mortality.
medicaid.
medical setting.
new york city.
politics of healthcare.
poor women.
pregnancy.
pregnant women.
prenatal care.
public healthcare system.
public hospital.
racial inequality.
racial issues.
racialization.
role of race.
social constructions.
social inequality.
social problems.
us healthcare.
women of color.
womens issues.
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Sumario:Reproducing Race, an ethnography of pregnancy and birth at a large New York City public hospital, explores the role of race in the medical setting. Khiara M. Bridges investigates how race-commonly seen as biological in the medical world-is socially constructed among women dependent on the public healthcare system for prenatal care and childbirth. Bridges argues that race carries powerful material consequences for these women even when it is not explicitly named, showing how they are marginalized by the practices and assumptions of the clinic staff. Deftly weaving ethnographic evidence into broader discussions of Medicaid and racial disparities in infant and maternal mortality, Bridges shines new light on the politics of healthcare for the poor, demonstrating how the "medicalization" of social problems reproduces racial stereotypes and governs the bodies of poor women of color.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (306 p.)
ISBN:9780520949447
9783110690422
Acceso:restricted access

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