Birthing justice : black women, pregnancy, and childbirth / edited by Julia Chinyere Oparah and Alicia D. Bonaparte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maternal health services--United States.

Maternal health services.

Prenatal care--Social aspects.

Prenatal care.

African American women--Medical care.

African American women.

United States.

Prenatal care--Social aspects--United States.

Maternal Health Services.

Black or African American--ethnology.

Civil Rights.

Parturition--ethnology.

Pregnant People--ethnology.

Social Justice.

Medical Subjects:

Maternal Health Services.

United States.

Black or African American--ethnology.

Civil Rights.

Parturition--ethnology.

Pregnant People--ethnology.

Social Justice.

Physical Description:

xii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO, USA : Paradigm Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

There is a global crisis in maternal health care for black women. In the United States, black women ore 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Birthing Histories

1 Queen Elizabeth Perry Turner: "Granny Midwife," 1931-1956 / Darline Turner Turner, Darline 20

2 Regulating Childbirth: Physicians and Granny Midwives in South Carolina / Alicia D. Bonaparte Bonaparte, Alicia D. 24

3 Between Traditional Knowledge and Western Medicine: Women Birthing in Postcolonial Zimbabwe / Christina Mudokwenyu-Rawdon Mudokwenyu-Rawdon, Christina, Peggy Dube Dube, Peggy, Nester T. Moyo Moyo, Nester T., Stephen Munjanja Munjanja, Stephen 34

II Beyond Medical versus Natural: Redefining Birth Injustice

4 An Abolitionist Mama Speaks: On Natural Birth and Miscarriage / Viviane Saleh-Hanna Saleh-Hanna, Viviane 46

5 Mothering: A Post-C-Section Journey / Jacinda Townsend Townsend, Jacinda 55

6 Confessions of a Black Pregnant Dad / Syrus Marcus Ware Ware, Syrus Marcus 63

7 Birth Justice and Population Control / Loretta J. Ross Ross, Loretta J. 72

8 Beyond Silence and Stigma: Pregnancy and HIV for Black Women in Canada / Marvelous Muchenje Muchenje, Marvelous, Victoria Logan Kennedy Kennedy, Victoria Logan 81

9 What I Carry: A Story of Love and Loss / Iris Jacob Jacob, Iris 90

10 Images from the Safe Motherhood Quilt / Ina May Gaskin Gaskin, Ina May, Laura Gilkey Gilkey, Laura 96

III Changing Lives, One Birth at a Time

11 Birthing Sexual Freedom and Healing: A Survivor Mother's Birth Story / Biany Pérez Pérez, Biany 106

12 Birth as Battle Cry: A Doula's Journey from Home to Hospital / Gina Mariela Rodriguez Rodriguez, Gina Mariela 112

13 Sister Midwife: Nurturing and Reflecting Black Womanhood in an Urban Hospital / Stephanie Etienne Etienne, Stephanie 119

14 A Love Letter to My Daughter: Love as a Political Act / Haile Eshe Cole Cole, Haile Eshe 126

15 New Visions in Birth, Intimacy, Kinship, and Sisterly Partnerships / Shannon Gibney Gibney, Shannon, Valerie Deus Deus, Valerie 131

16 I Am My Hermands Keeper: Reclaiming Afro-Indigenous Ancestral Wisdom as a Doula / Griselda Rodriguez Rodriguez, Griselda 137

17 The First Cut Is the Deepest: A Mother-Daughter Conversation about Birth, Justice, Healing, and Love / Pauline Ann McKenzie-Day McKenzie-Day, Pauline Ann, Alexis Pauline Gumbs Gumbs, Alexis Pauline 145

IV Taking Back Our Power: Organizing for Birth Justice

18 Unexpected Allies: Obstetrician Activism, VBACs, and the Birth Justice Movement / Christ-Ann Magloire Magloire, Christ-Ann, Julia Chinyere Oparah Oparah, Julia Chinyere 156

19 Birthing Freedom: Black American Midwifery and Liberation Struggles / Ruth Hays Hays, Ruth 166

20 Becoming an Outsider-Within: Jennie Josephs Activism in Florida Midwifery / Alicia D. Bonaparte Bonaparte, Alicia D., Jennie Joseph Joseph, Jennie 176

21 Beyond Shackling: Prisons, Pregnancy, and the Struggle for Birth Justice / Priscilla A. Ocen Ocen, Priscilla A., Julia Chinyere Oparah Oparah, Julia Chinyere 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1138191450

9781138191457

OCLC:

920018559