, to see if you have full access to this publication.
Book Titles No access
The Ethos of Black Motherhood in America
Only White Women Get Pregnant
Authors:
Publisher:
2020
Summary
The Ethos of Black Motherhood in America: Only White Women Get Pregnant examines the ethos of Black and white mothers in America's racialized society. Kimberly C. Harper argues that the current Black maternal health crisis is not a new one, but an existing one rooted in the disregard for Black wombs dating back to America's history with chattel slavery. Examining the reproductive laws that controlled the reproductive experiences of black women, Harper provides a fresh insight into the “bad black mother” trope that Black feminist scholars have theorized and argues that the controlling images of black motherhood are a creation of the American nation-state. In addition to a discussion of black motherhood, Harper also explores the image of white motherhood as the center of the landscape of motherhood. Scholars of communication, gender studies, women’s studies, history, and race studies will find this book particularly useful.
Keywords
Search publication
Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-0142-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-0143-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
135
Product type
Book Titles
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
1 Historical Representations of Black Motherhood No access Pages 1 - 10
2 Setting the Tone No access Pages 11 - 22
3 The Legislative Decisions Governing Black Wombs No access Pages 23 - 48
4 Ideology, Ethos, and Silence No access Pages 49 - 64
5 Where Are All the Black Mothers in Pregnancy Books? No access Pages 65 - 74
6 Reproductive Justice and Black Women’s Lives No access Pages 75 - 84
7 Black Midwives and Reclaiming Choice No access Pages 85 - 96
8 The Will to Resist Is a Form of Love No access Pages 97 - 108
