Reproductive justice : the politics of health care for Native American women / Barbara Gurr.

New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2015]

xi, 199 pages ; 23 cm

Introducing our relatives and introducing the story -- Stories from Indian country -- Whose rights? Whose justice? Reproductive oppression, reproductive justice, and the reproductive body -- The ruling relations of reproductive healthcare -- Producing the double discourse : the history and politics of Native-U.S. relations and imperialist medicine -- To uphold the federal government's obligations . . . and to honor and protect : the double discourse of the Indian Health Service -- Resistance and accommodation : negotiating prenatal care and childbirth -- One in three : violence against Native women -- Genocidal consequences : contraception, sterilization, and abortion in the fourth world context -- Community knowledges, community capital, and cultural safety -- Conclusions : Native women in the center.

Includes bibliographical references and index.