Deirdre Cooper Owens
Biographic Data
| ID | 1252149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deirdre Cooper Owens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deirdre Cooper |
| FAMILY NAME | Owens |
| SIGNATURE | OWENS D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reclaiming narratives of empowerment around Black maternal health: A strengths-based, community-informed focus group study
Black community members identified powerful themes on Black maternal health through a strengths-based lens. These focus groups fostered relationships with the Black community, elucidated possible solutions to improve Black women's health and wellness, and offered direction on our research design and intervention
The History of Micro-Organisms, Black Genealogies, and the Matter of Privacy
I thought I was born in Georgetown, South Carolina but as I have grown and learned, I know facts change and this fact about me just isn’t so. It’s complicated and so is my lineage. “You gotta be Af
Black Maternal and Infant Health: Historical Legacies of Slavery
The legacies of slavery today are seen in structural racism that has resulted in disproportionate maternal and infant death among African Americans. The deep roots of these patterns of disparity in maternal and infant health lie with the commodification of enslaved Black women’s childbearing and physicians’ investment in serving the interests of slaveowners. Even certain medical specializations, such as obstetrics and gynecology, owe a debt to en…
The Politics of Reproduction: Race, Medicine, and Fertility in the Age of Abolition by Katherine Paugh
Reviewed by: The Politics of Reproduction: Race, Medicine, and Fertility in the Age of Abolition by Katherine Paugh Deirdre Cooper Owens Katherine Paugh. The Politics of Reproduction: Race, Medicine, and Fertility in the Age of Abolition. Past and Present Book Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xi + 262 pp. Ill. $99.00 (978–0–19–878978–9). Over the past half decade, the fields of slavery, gender, abolition, and the history of medicine…
Medical Bondage
W riting a book about women and men when you cannot hold conversations with them, observe their gesticulations, and look into their eyes is difficult.Yet writing books about subjects I am passionate about, interested in learning about, and inspired by is the reward for being a historian.I am overjoyed to produce a book that helps to place another piece of the puzzle on slavery and medicine together.So many people, organizations, and institutions …
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women
Since 2015 we have benefitted from a flowering of academic works and meetings about black women and girls as thinkers. Last spring, both Michigan State University and the University of Michigan held conferences on black women's histories and intellectual lives. This year, Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies sponsored the Black Girl Movement Conference, and the University of Virginia will hold an academic confe…
Stephanie Mitchem, African American Folk Healing
Black Maternal and Infant Health: Historical Legacies of Slavery
The legacies of slavery today are seen in structural racism that has resulted in disproportionate maternal and infant death among African Americans. The deep roots of these patterns of disparity in maternal and infant health lie with the commodification of enslaved Black women’s childbearing and physicians’ investment in serving the interests of slaveowners. Even certain medical specializations, such as obstetrics and gynecology, owe a debt to en…
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women
Since 2015 we have benefitted from a flowering of academic works and meetings about black women and girls as thinkers. Last spring, both Michigan State University and the University of Michigan held conferences on black women's histories and intellectual lives. This year, Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies sponsored the Black Girl Movement Conference, and the University of Virginia will hold an academic confe…
Reclaiming narratives of empowerment around Black maternal health: A strengths-based, community-informed focus group study
Black community members identified powerful themes on Black maternal health through a strengths-based lens. These focus groups fostered relationships with the Black community, elucidated possible solutions to improve Black women's health and wellness, and offered direction on our research design and intervention
Stephanie Mitchem, African American Folk Healing
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women
Since 2015 we have benefitted from a flowering of academic works and meetings about black women and girls as thinkers. Last spring, both Michigan State University and the University of Michigan held conferences on black women's histories and intellectual lives. This year, Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies sponsored the Black Girl Movement Conference, and the University of Virginia will hold an academic confe…
Medical Bondage
W riting a book about women and men when you cannot hold conversations with them, observe their gesticulations, and look into their eyes is difficult.Yet writing books about subjects I am passionate about, interested in learning about, and inspired by is the reward for being a historian.I am overjoyed to produce a book that helps to place another piece of the puzzle on slavery and medicine together.So many people, organizations, and institutions …
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
The Politics of Reproduction: Race, Medicine, and Fertility in the Age of Abolition by Katherine Paugh
Reviewed by: The Politics of Reproduction: Race, Medicine, and Fertility in the Age of Abolition by Katherine Paugh Deirdre Cooper Owens Katherine Paugh. The Politics of Reproduction: Race, Medicine, and Fertility in the Age of Abolition. Past and Present Book Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xi + 262 pp. Ill. $99.00 (978–0–19–878978–9). Over the past half decade, the fields of slavery, gender, abolition, and the history of medicine…
Black Maternal and Infant Health: Historical Legacies of Slavery
The legacies of slavery today are seen in structural racism that has resulted in disproportionate maternal and infant death among African Americans. The deep roots of these patterns of disparity in maternal and infant health lie with the commodification of enslaved Black women’s childbearing and physicians’ investment in serving the interests of slaveowners. Even certain medical specializations, such as obstetrics and gynecology, owe a debt to en…
The History of Micro-Organisms, Black Genealogies, and the Matter of Privacy
I thought I was born in Georgetown, South Carolina but as I have grown and learned, I know facts change and this fact about me just isn’t so. It’s complicated and so is my lineage. “You gotta be Af
Reclaiming narratives of empowerment around Black maternal health: A strengths-based, community-informed focus group study
Black community members identified powerful themes on Black maternal health through a strengths-based lens. These focus groups fostered relationships with the Black community, elucidated possible solutions to improve Black women's health and wellness, and offered direction on our research design and intervention
History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Black women (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Clinical practice guidelines implementation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)