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Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
Julia Chinyere Oparah
There is a global crisis in maternal health care for black women. In the United States, black women are over three times more likely to perish from pregnancy-related complications than white women; their babies are half as likely to survive the first year. Many black women experience policing, coercion, and disempowerment during pregnancy and childbirth and are disconnected from alternative birthing traditions. This book places black women's voices at the center of the debate on what should be done to fix the broken maternity system and foregrounds black women's agency in the emerging birth justice movement. Mixing scholarly, activist, and personal perspectives, the book shows readers how they too can change lives, one birth at a time.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contributor Bio: Oparah, Julia Chinyere Julia Chinyere Oparah is Professor and Chair of Ethnic Studies at Mills College and a founding member of Black Women Birthing Justice. She is co-editor of "Activist Scholarship: Antiracism, Feminism and Social Change" and "Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption"Contributor Bio: Bonaparte, Alicia D Alicia D. Bonaparte is Associate Professor of Sociology at Pitzer College and a medical sociologist with a specialization in reproductive health and health disparities. She is currently working on a book on the lives of granny midwives in South Carolina.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 2, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781612058368 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Genre | Ethnic Orientation > African American |
| Pages | 244 |
| Dimensions | 234 × 158 × 19 mm · 464 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Bonaparte, Alicia D. |
| Editor | Oparah, Julia Chinyere |
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