Reproducing race : an ethnography of pregnancy as a site of racialization
by
Bridges, Khiara M.
Title
:
Reproducing race : an ethnography of pregnancy as a site of racialization
Author
:
Bridges, Khiara M.
ISBN
:
9780520949447
9781283278102
Publication Information
:
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2011.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (xi, 293 pages)
Abstract
:
This title is an ethnography of pregnancy and birth at a large New York City public hospital. The book explores the role of race in the medical setting. Bridges investigates how race is socially constructed among women dependent on the public healthcare system for prenatal care and childbirth.
Corporate Subject
:
Alpha Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Subject Term
:
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.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Healthcare Disparities.
Hospitals, Municipal -- standards.
Prenatal Care.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Electronic Access
:
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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| Online Library | E-Book | 375228-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |