The reproduction of inequality : How class shapes the pregnant body and infant health / Katherine Mason.
2023
RG526 .M316 2023
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Title
The reproduction of inequality : How class shapes the pregnant body and infant health / Katherine Mason.
Author
Mason, Katherine, author.
ISBN
9781479801909
1479801909
9781479801954
147980195X
9781479801947
1479801941
1479801909
9781479801954
147980195X
9781479801947
1479801941
Published
New York : New York University Press, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (285 pages)
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RG526 .M316 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.1984
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users
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Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Description based on print version record.
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EBSCOhost
Series
Health, society, and inequality series.
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Print version: 1479801941
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Table of Contents
Maternal embodiment: how reproductive body projects work
The gender of wellness: the labor of body care falls to mothers
The costs of avoiding risk: trust and accountability
The stories mothers tell: class identity in women's body-care narratives
Rigid and flexible agency: navigating bodily change and unpredictability
Care work as status work: the child's body as a site of social reproduction.
The gender of wellness: the labor of body care falls to mothers
The costs of avoiding risk: trust and accountability
The stories mothers tell: class identity in women's body-care narratives
Rigid and flexible agency: navigating bodily change and unpredictability
Care work as status work: the child's body as a site of social reproduction.