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02996aam a2200409 i 4500 001 AAD8E23AAFEE11EC9092402E4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220330010013 008 210616s2022 nju b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021023672 020 $a 1978825951 020 $a 9781978825956 020 $a 1978825943 020 $a 9781978825949 035 $a (OCoLC)1257313810 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 082 00 $a 304.6/4083 $2 23 100 1 $a Casper, Monica J., $d 1966- $e author. 245 10 $a Babylost : $b racism, survival, and the quiet politics of infant mortality, from A to Z / $c Monica J. Casper. 246 30 $a Racism, survival, and the quiet politics of infant mortality, from A to Z 264 1 $a New Brunswick : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a viii, 259 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The 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 and 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Infants $x Mortality $z United States. 650 0 $a African American infants $x Health and hygiene. 650 0 $a Indian infants $x Health and hygiene $z United States. 650 0 $a Maternal health services $z United States. 650 0 $a Discrimination in medical care $z United States. 650 0 $a Racism $x Health aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Maternal and infant welfare $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220330010057.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AAD8E23AAFEE11EC9092402E4CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search