Privileges of Birth: Constellations of Care, Myth, and Race in South Africa. Rogerson, Jennifer J. M., New York: Berghahn Books, 2020, 200 pp.

Authors

Rosalynn A. Vega, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

5-7-2020

Abstract

Privileges of Birth: Constellations of Care, Myth, and Race in South Africa centers around the natural birth movement in South Africa, where births are largely determined by socioeconomic factors. Jennifer Rogerson argues for examining care in relation to race and privilege, specifically what care means in specific contexts. Privileges of Birth is an ethnography about the “constellation” of care, race, and privilege among an atypical group of women in South Africa.

Comments

© 2020 by the American Anthropological Association. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12580

Recommended Citation

Vega, R.A. (2020), Privileges of Birth: Constellations of Care, Myth, and Race in South Africa. Rogerson, Jennifer J. M., New York: Berghahn Books, 2020, 200 pp.. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 34: e70-e72. doi:10.1111/maq.12580

Publication Title

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

DOI

10.1111/maq.12580