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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Carina HeckertPublisher: New York University Press Imprint: New York University Press Weight: 0.517kg ISBN: 9781479832064ISBN 10: 1479832065 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 29 October 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsOffers a compelling, timely look at how policies impact pregnancy and birth in the US/Mexico border region. Theoretically grounded, it explores linkages between stress and immigration enforcement using compassionate personal narratives, offering powerful evidence of how the health of border communities is critical to the wellbeing of the entire nation. -- Heide Castañeda, author of Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families Carina Heckert has written a major book which illustrates how the configuration of dehumanizing policies puts the lives of pregnant women in great peril in El Paso. Lamentably, we hear women describe how the conditions they face place restrictions on the mothers they desire to be. This book is a must-read for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who need to know the pernicious consequences of mean-spirited policies against women, immigrants, and people of color. -- Rogelio Sáenz, University of Texas at San Antonio ""Offers a compelling, timely look at how policies impact pregnancy and birth in the US/Mexico border region. Theoretically grounded, it explores linkages between stress and immigration enforcement using compassionate personal narratives, offering powerful evidence of how the health of border communities is critical to the wellbeing of the entire nation."" -- Heide Castañeda, author of Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families ""Carina Heckert has written a major book which illustrates how the configuration of dehumanizing policies puts the lives of pregnant women in great peril in El Paso. Lamentably, we hear women describe how the conditions they face place restrictions on the mothers they desire to be. This book is a must-read for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who need to know the pernicious consequences of mean-spirited policies against women, immigrants, and people of color."" -- Rogelio Sáenz, University of Texas at San Antonio Author InformationCarina Heckert is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at The University of Texas at El Paso and author of Fault Lines of Care: Gender, HIV, and Global Health in Bolivia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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