Birthing Justice, Alicia D Bonaparte
Birthing Justice, Alicia D Bonaparte
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Birthing Justice
Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Second Edition

Author: Alicia D Bonaparte, Julia Chinyere Oparah

Narrator: Deanna Anthony

Unabridged: 12 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/14/2023


Synopsis

The second edition of this pathbreaking, widely taught book offers five new chapters, on breastfeeding and Black infant health; Black birthing during Covid; Black doulas rethinking birthing practices; the recent buildup of a US national movement; and expanding the global movement for sexual and reproductive wellbeing. Other chapters are updated throughout. Birthing Justice puts black women's voices at the center of the debate on what should be done to fix the broken maternal care system. It foregrounds Black women's agency in the birth justice movement. First published in 2016, Birthing Justice is a seminal text for those interested in maternal healthcare, reproductive justice, health equity, and intersectional racial justice, especially in courses on gender studies, Black studies, public health, and training programs for midwives and OB/GYNs.

About Alicia D Bonaparte

Alicia D. Bonaparte is professor of sociology at Pitzer College and is a medical sociologist whose research examines the gendered social hierarchy within US medicine and the intersection of race and gender in healthcare practices and disparities.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kara on April 24, 2021

An incredible work of essays I read for grad school. Imperative for all those immersed in birth work.......more

Goodreads review by Megan on June 21, 2021

Important Information for Healthcare Providers This was a well put-together work shedding light on the importance of equity and justice for black, indigenous, people of color, and trans-gender birthers. It covered many facets of continuing disparities in the medical institution, prison institution, a......more

Goodreads review by Sydney on September 06, 2024

For the past few years, I’ve been highly critical of justice work-oriented anthologies being redundant. This was not redundant and in my opinion, an excellently edited anthology. I am a person who works tangentially in and thinks about repro justice daily, and I found myself taking out a pencil to a......more

Goodreads review by Justice on January 13, 2024

Definitely recommend this book to anyone considering birth work or currently working in the birth working space. I really valued to personal insights and narratives from different birth workers in this book. I also appreciated the in depth analysis of how our countries history has impacted and shape......more

Goodreads review by Harrison on January 16, 2021

Concisely written for scholars and for those who want to learn more about the subject, don’t let the price tag of this book deter you, it is a complete dissertation on the disparities in maternal and infant mortality and the unflinching history that brought us to this point.......more