Week 3 At-A-Glance
Read
EITHER
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deidre Cooper Owens [Introduction to Chapter 1 at least, Chapter 2 if you can]. [41-73 pages]. Available as EBook through the library
OR
Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century by Brianna Theobald [Introduction to Chapter 1 at least, Chapter 2 if you can]. [43 pages]. Available as EBook through the library
AND
Find one article about 'Degeneracy' or Eugenics on the Medical Heritage Libraryhttp://www.medicalheritage.org/search-2/ Links to an external site.
For example chose something from this search: https://archive.org/details/medicalheritagelibrary?and%5B%5D=degeneracy&sin= Links to an external site.
If you cant find an article yourself, try this one from Dr Partlow of Alabama from 1907. It's scanned copy from a colleague and has notes on it but you should still be able to read it!
PartlowWillamDDegeneracy1907MASA.pdf Download PartlowWillamDDegeneracy1907MASA.pdf
This article is particularly good about the history of eugenics: Dorr Eugenics 2006.pdf Download Dorr Eugenics 2006.pdf
Watch if you have time
How the exploitation of enslaved women created gynecology w/ Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens [Youtube interview]. [ 63 mins].
You Tube Interview Link Links to an external site.
OR
Webinar: Racist Benevolence: Repro Oppression of Indigenous Communities [Webinar featuring Dr Brianna Theobald] [74 mins]
Webinar Link Links to an external site.
OTHER RESOURCES:
Dr Copper Owens talking about The Long Arm of Slavery event (Feb 25)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-long-arm-of-slavery-in-the-development-of-american-gynecology-tickets-138811293315?aff=
Reproducing racism podcast:
https://revealnews.org/episodes/reproducing-racism Links to an external site.
Conference: Critical Conversations on Reproductive Health/Care: Past, Present, and Future:
Future and past webinars from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice