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Reproducing race : an ethnography of pregnancy as a site of racialization

Title
Reproducing race : an ethnography of pregnancy as a site of racialization / Khiara M. Bridges.
Author
Bridges, Khiara M.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

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Description
xi, 293 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Alpha Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
  • Hospitals > Maternity services > New York (State) > New York
  • Discrimination in medical care > New York (State) > New York
  • Minorities > Medical care > New York (State) > New York
  • Maternal Health Services > standards > New York City
  • Maternal Health Services > standards > United States
  • Anthropology, Cultural > New York City
  • Anthropology, Cultural > United States
  • Healthcare Disparities > New York City
  • Healthcare Disparities > United States
  • Hospitals, Municipal > standards > New York City
  • Hospitals, Municipal > standards > United States
  • Prenatal Care > New York City
  • Prenatal Care > United States
  • Socioeconomic Factors > New York City
  • Socioeconomic Factors > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Alpha Hospital : unique, but not singular -- Pregnancy, Medicaid, state regulations, and legal subjection -- The production of unruly bodies -- The "primitive pelvis," racial folklore, and atavism in contemporary form of medical disenfranchisement -- The curious case of the "Alpha patient population" -- Wily patients, welfare queens, and the reiteration of race.
Call Number
Sc E 11-520
ISBN
  • 9780520268944 (alk. paper)
  • 0520268946 (alk. paper)
  • 9780520268951 (alk. paper)
  • 0520268954 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2010041690
OCLC
YBP 2010041690
Author
Bridges, Khiara M.
Title
Reproducing race : an ethnography of pregnancy as a site of racialization / Khiara M. Bridges.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 11-520
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