{"id":987,"date":"2012-04-11T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/?page_id=987"},"modified":"2012-05-10T19:26:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T23:26:41","slug":"gh-rhb-major-publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/gh-rhb-major-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cAn Ethnography of the Medicalization of Puerto Rican Women\u2019s Reproduction.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0In\u00a0Pragmatic Women and Body Politics<\/a>\u00a0(Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology<\/a>)<\/em>. Ed. Margaret Lock and Patricia A. Kaufert. Vol. 5. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 1998. 240-59.<\/p>\n

Discusses a salient relationship between sterilization\u2019s history as a population control tactic and how Puerto Rican women\u2019s reproductive choices have become defined and placed within a public policy framework. This article highlights a difference between individual choice and public policies, how the two interact, and how gender, race and class relate to these reproductive choices.<\/p>\n

\u201cSterilization Among Puerto Rican Women in New York City: Public Policy and Social Constraints.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0In\u00a0Cities of the United States: Studies in Urban Anthropology<\/em>. Ed. Leith Mullings. New York: Columbia UP, 1987.<\/p>\n

Looks explicitly at the role of race and class in sterilization choices and presents an analysis of the issue based on socioeconomic status of the women. Defines concepts of “fertility choice” and what makes an action “voluntary.” Argues that a wide range of factors contribute to this “choice.”<\/p>\n

\u201cReflection and Rebirth: The Evolving Life of a Latina Academic.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0In\u00a0Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios<\/em><\/a>. Comp. The Latina Feminist Group. Ed. Sonia Sald\u00edvar-Hull, Walter D. Mignolo, and Irene Silverblatt. Durham: Duke UP, 2001. 69-85.\u00a0Latin America Otherwise: Languages, Empires, Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gives a dynamic and immensely personal overview of Dr. Lopez\u2019s growth as a Puerto Rican woman from childhood to adult professional. Highlights definitive moments and stages of Dr. Lopez\u2019s life by defining her own personal and cultural community.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgency and Constraint: Sterilization and Reproductive Freedom Among Puerto Rican Women in New York.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Situated Lives: Gender and Culture in Everyday Life<\/em><\/a>. Ed. Louise Lamphere, Helena Ragon\u00e9, and Patricia Zavella. New York: Routledge, 1997. 157-74.<\/p>\n

Defines the description of women as \u201cactive agents\u201d of reproductive decisions and differentiates this from descriptions of free will and lack of oppression. Describes the variety of experiences of sterilized women and examines the dynamic and contradictions of constraints in making reproductive health decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBorinkis and Chop Suey: Puerto Rican Identity in Hawai\u2019i, 1900 to 2000.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>In\u00a0The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Historical Perspectives<\/em><\/a>. Ed. Carmen T. Whalen and V\u00edctor V\u00e1squez-Hern\u00e1ndez. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 2005. 43-67.<\/p>\n

Focuses primarily on the topic of multiculturalism and defining and maintaining ethnic identity and what it means to be Puerto Rican and Hispanic in the United States and in the wake of increased globalization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAn Ethnography of the Medicalization of Puerto Rican Women\u2019s Reproduction.\u201d\u00a0In\u00a0Pragmatic Women and Body Politics\u00a0(Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology). Ed. Margaret Lock and Patricia A. Kaufert. Vol. 5. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 1998. 240-59. Discusses a salient relationship between sterilization\u2019s history … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1841,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/987\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}