03146nam 2200673Ia 450 991045897440332120210423183909.01-283-27810-397866132781040-520-94944-710.1525/9780520949447(CKB)2560000000060254(EBL)656673(OCoLC)707067666(SSID)ssj0000472706(PQKBManifestationID)11299796(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472706(PQKBWorkID)10453302(PQKB)10646186(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056106(MiAaPQ)EBC656673(DE-B1597)520076(OCoLC)707095165(DE-B1597)9780520949447(Au-PeEL)EBL656673(CaPaEBR)ebr10448580(CaONFJC)MIL327810(EXLCZ)99256000000006025420100929d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrReproducing race[electronic resource] an ethnography of pregnancy as a site of racialization /Khiara M. BridgesBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26895-4 0-520-26894-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --Part One. Class --Part Two. Race --Epilogue --Notes --Bibliography --IndexReproducing 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 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 the poor, demonstrating how the "medicalization" of social problems reproduces racial stereotypes and governs the bodies of poor women of color.HospitalsMaternity servicesNew York (State)New YorkDiscrimination in medical careNew York (State)New YorkMinoritiesMedical careNew York (State)New YorkElectronic books.HospitalsMaternity servicesDiscrimination in medical careMinoritiesMedical care362.19/82009747Bridges Khiara M1049411MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458974403321Reproducing race2478387UNINA