Gender, Race, Class and Health Intersectional Approaches [Paperback]

Gender, Race, Class, and Health examines relationships between economic structures, race, culture, and gender, and their combined influence on health. The authors systematically apply social and behavioral science to inspect how these dimensions intersect to influence health and health care in the United States. This examination brings into sharp focus the potential for influencing policy to improve health through a more complete understanding of the structural nature of race, gender, and class disparities in health. As useful as it is readable, this book is ideal for students and professionals in public health, sociology, anthropology, and women’s studies.Tables and Figures.

Acknowledgments.

The Editors.

The Process.

The Contributors.

PART ONE: INTERSECTIONALITY AND HEALTH.

1. Intersectionality and Health: An Introduction (Leith Mullings, Amy J. Schulz).

PART TWO: RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION.

2. Reconstructing the Landscape of Health Disparities Research: Promoting Dialogue and Collaboration Between Feminist Intersectional and Biomedical Paradigms (Lynn Weber).

3. Moods and Representations of Social Inequality (Emily Martin).

4. Constructing Whiteness in Health Disparities Research (Jessil#/