Reproducing Race: An Ethnography of Pregnancy as a Site of

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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. Khiara M. Bridges investigates how raceâ€”commonly seen as biological in the medical worldâ€”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.

Country	USA
Author	Khiara Bridges
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520949447
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	307
PublicationDate	2011-03-18
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2011-03-15
Studio	University of California Press

Reproducing Race: An Ethnography of Pregnancy as a Site of Racialization