Lauren Fordyce
Biographic Data
| ID | 85833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Fordyce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren |
| FAMILY NAME | Fordyce |
| SIGNATURE | FORDYCE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Unfortunate Fetus: Discourses of Reproductive Misfortune
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAmínata MaraesaAmínata Maraesa received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from New York University in 2009. She is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the study of health and medicine, reproduction, globalization, and the Caribbean. She has pursued research in Belize and the U.S. Aminata is currently a visiting associate professor at Hunter College, City University of New York.Lauren FordyceLauren Fordyce …
When Bad Mothers Lose Good Babies: Understanding Fetal and Infant Mortality Case Reviews
This article examines how the practices of the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review-Case Review Team (FIMR CRT) in "Florida City" constructs particular types of maternal and fetal subjects and how these narratives about fetal and infant death reflect particular discourses about "bad mothers" and "good babies." I argue that the very methods of the Florida City FIMR committee structure the types of conversations and, in effect, judgments that can be m…
Accounting for fetal death: Vital statistics and the medicalization of pregnancy in the United States
"Life" Histories: Examining Embryo and Fetal Politics in Modern Western Democracies
Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean by Ian Whitmarsh
Risk, Reproduction, and Narratives of Experience
Responsible Choices: Situating Pregnancy Intention among Haitians in South Florida
In this article, I focus on unintended pregnancy as a means to interrogate the intersections of abortion and prenatal discourses in the United States, and the ways in which these discourses assume certain kinds of moral, liberal subjects. Using media material, congressional legislation, public health policy, and ethnographic data from South Florida (2004-06), I trace how these discourses assume that women will behave in "rational,""responsible" w…
Responsible Choices: Situating Pregnancy Intention among Haitians in South Florida
In this article, I focus on unintended pregnancy as a means to interrogate the intersections of abortion and prenatal discourses in the United States, and the ways in which these discourses assume certain kinds of moral, liberal subjects. Using media material, congressional legislation, public health policy, and ethnographic data from South Florida (2004-06), I trace how these discourses assume that women will behave in "rational,""responsible" w…
Accounting for fetal death: Vital statistics and the medicalization of pregnancy in the United States
When Bad Mothers Lose Good Babies: Understanding Fetal and Infant Mortality Case Reviews
This article examines how the practices of the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review-Case Review Team (FIMR CRT) in "Florida City" constructs particular types of maternal and fetal subjects and how these narratives about fetal and infant death reflect particular discourses about "bad mothers" and "good babies." I argue that the very methods of the Florida City FIMR committee structure the types of conversations and, in effect, judgments that can be m…
Risk, Reproduction, and Narratives of Experience
Responsible Choices: Situating Pregnancy Intention among Haitians in South Florida
In this article, I focus on unintended pregnancy as a means to interrogate the intersections of abortion and prenatal discourses in the United States, and the ways in which these discourses assume certain kinds of moral, liberal subjects. Using media material, congressional legislation, public health policy, and ethnographic data from South Florida (2004-06), I trace how these discourses assume that women will behave in "rational,""responsible" w…
When Bad Mothers Lose Good Babies: Understanding Fetal and Infant Mortality Case Reviews
This article examines how the practices of the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review-Case Review Team (FIMR CRT) in "Florida City" constructs particular types of maternal and fetal subjects and how these narratives about fetal and infant death reflect particular discourses about "bad mothers" and "good babies." I argue that the very methods of the Florida City FIMR committee structure the types of conversations and, in effect, judgments that can be m…
Accounting for fetal death: Vital statistics and the medicalization of pregnancy in the United States
"Life" Histories: Examining Embryo and Fetal Politics in Modern Western Democracies
Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean by Ian Whitmarsh
The Unfortunate Fetus: Discourses of Reproductive Misfortune
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAmínata MaraesaAmínata Maraesa received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from New York University in 2009. She is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the study of health and medicine, reproduction, globalization, and the Caribbean. She has pursued research in Belize and the U.S. Aminata is currently a visiting associate professor at Hunter College, City University of New York.Lauren FordyceLauren Fordyce …
Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Pregnancy (4 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · History (3 works)