Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm by Emily Yates-Doerr ISBN 9780520404427, 9780520404434, 0520404424, 0520404432 instant download

Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm by Emily Yates-Doerr ISBN 9780520404427, 9780520404434, 0520404424, 0520404432 instant download

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 1000 days of life'--determines health and wealth across the life course. 
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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. 
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Presenting the powerful stories of Guatemalan scientists, midwives, and mothers, she illustrates their efforts to counter the harms of malnutrition, offering a window into a form of nutrition science and policy that encourages collective nourishment and fosters reproductive cycles in women, children, and their entire communities can flourish.