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The ethos of Black motherhood in America : only White women get pregnant
- Title
- The ethos of Black motherhood in America : only White women get pregnant / Kimberly C. Harper.
- Author
- Harper, Kimberly C.
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
- ©2021
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- Description
- xxii, 135 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The Ethos of Black Motherhood in America: Only White Women Get Pregnant examines the ethos of Black and white mothers in America's racialized society. Kimberly C. Harper argues that the current Black maternal health crisis is not a new one, but an existing one rooted in the disregard for Black wombs dating back to America's history with chattel slavery. Examining the reproductive laws that controlled the reproductive experiences of black women, Harper provides a fresh insight into the "bad black mother" trope that Black feminist scholars have theorized and argues that the controlling images of black motherhood are a creation of the American nation-state. In addition to a discussion of black motherhood, Harper also explores the image of white motherhood as the center of the landscape of motherhood. Scholars of communication, gender studies, women's studies, history, and race studies will find this book particularly useful." --
- Series Statement
- Lexington studies in health communication
- Uniform Title
- Lexington studies in health communication.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125) and index.
- Contents
- Historical representations of Black motherhood -- Setting the tone -- The legislative decisions governing Black wombs -- Ideology, ethos, and silence -- Where are all the Black mothers in pregnancy books? -- Reproductive justice and Black women's lives -- Black midwives & reclaiming choice -- The will to resist is a form of love.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-833
- ISBN
- 1793601429
- 9781793601421
- LCCN
- 2020944240
- OCLC
- 1182513860
- Author
- Harper, Kimberly C., author.
- Title
- The ethos of Black motherhood in America : only White women get pregnant / Kimberly C. Harper.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Lexington studies in health communicationLexington studies in health communication.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-833