Reproducing Race

Author: Khiara M. Bridges
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0520268946
Category: Medical

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. Download Reproducing Race medical books for free.
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 Get Reproducing Race our bestseller medical books.

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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

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