{"product_id":"babylost-racism-survival-and-the-quiet-politics-of-infant-mortality-from-a-to-z-hardback-9781978825956","title":"Babylost; Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from a to Z (Hardback) 9781978825956","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBabylost\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRacism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from a to Z\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMonica J. Casper (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978825956\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 March 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages, 20 b\u0026amp;w photographs\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.028 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I finished reading Casper's work feeling activated and refreshed to continue the important work of safely propagating our species and supporting the people courageous enough to venture on the journey to parenthood regardless of pregnancy outcomes. Because inherently embedded in Casper's work is the notion that regardless of race, ethnicity, religiosity, spiritualism, creed, sexual, gender or other orientation\/identity, a society that is unable to shepherd its newest citizens to this plane and protect them in their first years of life should alarm us all and should require the attention of everyone. If ''the arc of moral justice is long, but bends toward justice,'' as Martin Luther King stated, then we need to decide where on that trajectory we can act and then do so. The calls to action as well as the summary of historical data in \u003ci\u003eBabylost\u003c\/i\u003e should motivate us all to act in the face of need.\"\u003c\/p\u003e — Contemporary Sociology\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This book contains entries that are robust in their exploration of intersecting concerns around infant mortality. It is important, timely, and innovative.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Dána-Ain Davis, Author of Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/nursingclio.org\/2022\/03\/17\/babylost-an-interview-with-monica-casper\/\"'\u003eClio Talks: \u003ci\u003eBabylost\u003c\/i\u003e: An Interview with Monica Casper by Lauren Freidenfelds\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Nursing Clio\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a moving, beautiful book. The composite effect is stunning, both an indictment of systemic racism and sexism, and a tender offering to those touched by baby loss... The text seamlessly weaves between the personal and the sociological, and is very accessible while also being nuanced and not sacrificing complexity.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Annie Menzel, Assistant professor of gender and women's studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe U.S. infant mortality rate is among the highest in the industrialized world, and Black babies are far more likely than white babies to die in their first year of life. Maternal mortality rates are also very high. Though the infant mortality rate overall has improved over the past century with public health interventions, racial disparities have not. Racism, poverty, lack of access to health care, and other causes of death have been identified, but not yet adequately addressed. The tragedy is twofold: it is undoubtedly tragic that babies die in their first year of life, and it is both tragic \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e unacceptable that most of these deaths are preventable. Despite the urgency of the problem, there has been little public discussion of infant loss. The question this book takes up is not why babies die; we already have many answers to this question. It is, rather, who cares that babies, mostly but not only Black and Native American babies, are dying before their first birthdays? More importantly, what are we willing to do about it? This book tracks social and cultural dimensions of infant death through 58 alphabetical entries, from Absence to ZIP Code. It centers women's loss and grief, while also drawing attention to dimensions of infant death not often examined. It is simultaneously a sociological study of infant death, an archive of loss and grief, and a clarion call for social change.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbsence\u003cbr\u003e Abuse\u003cbr\u003e Angel Babies\u003cbr\u003e Awareness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBabyland\u003cbr\u003e Black Infant Mortality\u003cbr\u003e Blame\u003cbr\u003e Breastfeeding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChildren's Rights\u003cbr\u003e CIA World Factbook\u003cbr\u003e Congressional Black Caucus\u003cbr\u003e Cuba\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDads\u003cbr\u003e Deprivation\u003cbr\u003e Disability\u003cbr\u003e Doulas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmptiness\u003cbr\u003e Envy\u003cbr\u003e Epigenetics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFolic acid\u003cbr\u003e Fracking\u003cbr\u003e Frankenstein\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrief\u003cbr\u003e Guilt\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHope\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfant Mortality Rate\u003cbr\u003e Infanticide\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKangaroo Care\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaternal Mortality\u003cbr\u003e Medicaid\u003cbr\u003e Memphis\u003cbr\u003e Mother's Day\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeonatology Nurses\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObstetric Violence\u003cbr\u003e Ohio\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlacenta\u003cbr\u003e Prematurity\u003cbr\u003e Prenatal Care\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuiet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRacism\u003cbr\u003e Rainbow Baby\u003cbr\u003e Reproductive Justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStillbirth\u003cbr\u003e Survival\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTahlequah\u003cbr\u003e Trauma\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrgency\u003cbr\u003e Vulnerability\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e Weathering Women's Health\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXenophobia\u003cbr\u003e Y earning\u003cbr\u003e ZIP Code\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52638408474904,"sku":"9781978825956","price":91.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/babylost-racism-survival-and-the-quiet-politics-of-infant-mortality-from-a-to-z-hardback-9781978825956","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}