Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm

Yates-Doerr, Emily

ISBN 10: 0520404424 / ISBN 13: 9780520404427

Published by University of California Press, 2024

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Synopsis:

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Mal-Nutrition documents how maternal health interventions in Guatemala are complicit in reproducing poverty. Policy makers 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 the control of mothering is a paradigmatic technique of American violence that serves to control the reproduction of privilege and power. She illustrates the efforts of Guatemalan scientists, midwives, and mothers to counter the harms of such mal-nutrition. Their powerful stories offer 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.

About the Author: Emily Yates-Doerr is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Oregon State University and author of The Weight of Obesity.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and ...
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good