Alicia D Bonaparte
Biographic Data
| ID | 249022 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alicia D Bonaparte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alicia D |
| FAMILY NAME | Bonaparte |
| SIGNATURE | BONAPARTE A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pitzer College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Where Do We Belong? Claiming Space in spite of
Global Health and BFS
In this chapter, the author explores how and why global public health interventions that use black women’s voices and black feminist scholarship demonstrate the utility of black feminist sociology to address sexual and reproductive health disparities for greater inclusivity of diasporic women. Currently, the major reproductive health experiences of Black women in the US center around disproportionately high numbers of low birth weight babies, unn…
Delivered by Midwives
Clinical Labor
Physicians' Discourse for Establishing Authoritative Knowledge in Birthing Work and Reducing the Presence of the Granny Midwife
This study examines regulatory efforts directed toward southern Black granny midwives in the early 20th century. Using Black feminist theory, I analyze physicians' written anti-midwifery advocacy in The Journal of the American Medical Association and The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association as evidence of the presence of inter-occupational conflict between physicians and Black grannies. I argue that doctors advocated for enhanced mid…
The Satisfactory Midwife Bag”
This study examines regulatory efforts directed toward black midwives in South Carolina in the early twentieth century as evidenced within the state's Board of Health documents. Using qualitative content analysis and Abbott (1988) and Starr's (1982) discussion of the medico-legal relationship between doctors and the legal profession, I critically examine South Carolina's Sanitary Codes in order to discern the temporal nature of midwifery law in t…
Physicians' Discourse for Establishing Authoritative Knowledge in Birthing Work and Reducing the Presence of the Granny Midwife
This study examines regulatory efforts directed toward southern Black granny midwives in the early 20th century. Using Black feminist theory, I analyze physicians' written anti-midwifery advocacy in The Journal of the American Medical Association and The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association as evidence of the presence of inter-occupational conflict between physicians and Black grannies. I argue that doctors advocated for enhanced mid…
The Satisfactory Midwife Bag”
This study examines regulatory efforts directed toward black midwives in South Carolina in the early twentieth century as evidenced within the state's Board of Health documents. Using qualitative content analysis and Abbott (1988) and Starr's (1982) discussion of the medico-legal relationship between doctors and the legal profession, I critically examine South Carolina's Sanitary Codes in order to discern the temporal nature of midwifery law in t…
The Satisfactory Midwife Bag”
This study examines regulatory efforts directed toward black midwives in South Carolina in the early twentieth century as evidenced within the state's Board of Health documents. Using qualitative content analysis and Abbott (1988) and Starr's (1982) discussion of the medico-legal relationship between doctors and the legal profession, I critically examine South Carolina's Sanitary Codes in order to discern the temporal nature of midwifery law in t…
Clinical Labor
Physicians' Discourse for Establishing Authoritative Knowledge in Birthing Work and Reducing the Presence of the Granny Midwife
This study examines regulatory efforts directed toward southern Black granny midwives in the early 20th century. Using Black feminist theory, I analyze physicians' written anti-midwifery advocacy in The Journal of the American Medical Association and The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association as evidence of the presence of inter-occupational conflict between physicians and Black grannies. I argue that doctors advocated for enhanced mid…
Delivered by Midwives
Global Health and BFS
In this chapter, the author explores how and why global public health interventions that use black women’s voices and black feminist scholarship demonstrate the utility of black feminist sociology to address sexual and reproductive health disparities for greater inclusivity of diasporic women. Currently, the major reproductive health experiences of Black women in the US center around disproportionately high numbers of low birth weight babies, unn…
Where Do We Belong? Claiming Space in spite of
Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Obstetrics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Medical History and Innovations (2 works) · Nurse-Midwives (2 works) · Pregnancy (2 works) · Biology (1 work) · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (1 work)