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Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm Emily Yates-Doerr
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Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm
Emily Yates-Doerr
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Mal-Nutrition documents how maternal health interventions in Guatemala are complicit in reproducing poverty.
Policymakers speak about how a critical window of biological growth around the time of pregnancy—called the "first 1,000 days of life"—determines health and wealth across the life course. They argue that fetal development is the key to global development. In this thought-provoking and timely book, Emily Yates-Doerr shows that a focus on prenatal health is a paradigmatic technique of American violence through which the control of mothering serves to control the reproduction of privilege and power.
Presenting the powerful stories of Guatemalan scientists, midwives, and mothers, she illustrates their efforts to counter the harms of mal-nutrition, offering a window into a form of nutrition science and policy that encourages collective nourishment and fosters reproductive cycles in which women, children, and their entire communities can flourish.
267 pages, 24 color illustrations; 1 map
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 12, 2024 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520404427 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 268 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 152 × 16 mm · 394 g |
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