African American Midwifery in the South - Dialogues of Birth, Race, and Memory

Starting at the turn of the century, most African American midwives in the South were gradually excluded from reproductive health care. Gertrude Fraser shows how physicians, public health personnel, and state legislators mounted a campaign ostensibly to improve maternal and infant health, especially in rural areas. They brought traditional midwives under the control of a supervisory body, and eventually eliminated them. In the writings and programs produced by these physicians and public health officials, Fraser finds a universe of ideas about race, gender, the relationship of medicine to society, and the status of the South in the national political and social economies.

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Fraser shows how physicians, public health personnel, and state legislators, beginning at the turn of the century, mounted a campaign ostensibly to improve maternal and infant health, especially in rural areas. They brought traditional midwives under the control of a supervisory body, and eventually eliminated them.

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• Autori: Gertrude Jacinta Fraser, Fraser Gertrude Jacinta
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.1998
• EAN: 9780674008526
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00852-6
• Peso: 572 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Ethnic Studies, Geography, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Midwifery, History of the Americas, Human biology, Health systems and services, African American Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General