Reproductive Injustice : : Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth / / Dána-Ain Davis.
Finalist, 2020 PROSE Award in the Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology category, given by the Association of American PublishersA troubling study of the role that medical racism plays in the lives of black women who have given birth to premature and low birth weight infantsBlack women have higher...
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Davis, Dána-Ain, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Reproductive Injustice : Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth / Dána-Ain Davis. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource : 12 black and white illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice ; 7 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Table and Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1 Premature Predicaments -- 2 Into the NICU -- 3 Pregnancy and Prematurity in the Afterlife of Slavery -- Witnessing a Birth -- Part II -- 4 Saving the Babies -- 5 Narrowing the Gap of Black Women’s Burden -- 6 Radical Black Birth Workers -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Finalist, 2020 PROSE Award in the Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology category, given by the Association of American PublishersA troubling study of the role that medical racism plays in the lives of black women who have given birth to premature and low birth weight infantsBlack women have higher rates of premature birth than other women in America. This cannot be simply explained by economic factors, with poorer women lacking resources or access to care. Even professional, middle-class black women are at a much higher risk of premature birth than low-income white women in the United States. Dána-Ain Davis looks into this phenomenon, placing racial differences in birth outcomes into a historical context, revealing that ideas about reproduction and race today have been influenced by the legacy of ideas which developed during the era of slavery.While poor and low-income black women are often the “mascots” of premature birth outcomes, this book focuses on professional black women, who are just as likely to give birth prematurely. Drawing on an impressive array of interviews with nearly fifty mothers, fathers, neonatologists, nurses, midwives, and reproductive justice advocates, Dána-Ain Davis argues that events leading up to an infant’s arrival in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and the parents’ experiences while they are in the NICU, reveal subtle but pernicious forms of racism that confound the perceived class dynamics that are frequently understood to be a central factor of premature birth.The book argues not only that medical racism persists and must be considered when examining adverse outcomes—as well as upsetting experiences for parents—but also that NICUs and life-saving technologies should not be the only strategies for improving the outcomes for black pregnant women and their babies. Davis makes the case for other avenues, such as community-based birthing projects, doulas, and midwives, that support women during pregnancy and labor are just as important and effective in avoiding premature births and mortality. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) African American women Medical care. African American women-Medical care. Discrimination in medical care United States. Discrimination in medical care-United States. Premature labor Social aspects United States. Race discrimination Health aspects United States. Race discrimination-Health aspects-United States. Reproductive health services Social aspects United States. Reproductive health services-Social aspects-United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. bisacsh Baby Doe rules. Black feminist framework. Children’s Bureau. German measles. March of Dimes. NICU. NICUs. Sheppard-Towner Act. afterlife of slavery. birth stories. birth workers. comprehensive care. definition of prematurity. diagnostic lapse. doula. doulas. etiology. hardy babies. labor. medical encounters. medical racism. midwives. misdiagnosis. model of care. neonatal intensive care unit. neonatologists. obstetric hardiness. polio. premature birth. preventive approaches. race and pregnancy. racial disparity. racial politics. racial science. racism. technologies of saving. temporality. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110722727 print 9781479812271 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479812271.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479805662 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781479805662/original |
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