Reproducing race an ethnography of pregnancy as a site of racialization

Reproducing race : an ethnography of pregnancy as a site of racialization / Khiara M. Bridges.

Author/creator	Bridges, Khiara M.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press,
Description	xi, 293 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Alpha Hospital (New York, N.Y.) 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.

Contents	Alpha Hospital : unique, but not singular -- Pregnancy, Medicaid, state regulation, 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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-286) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010041690
ISBN	9780520268944 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0520268946 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780520268951 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0520268954 (alk. paper)

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