A01=Khiara Bridges
america
Author_Khiara Bridges
biology of race
Category=JBSL
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childbirth
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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
Product details
- ISBN 9780520268951
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 18 Mar 2011
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"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.
Khiara M. Bridges is Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Boston University.
