IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/socmed/v252y2020ics0277953620301313.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

“You see, we women, we can't talk, we can't have an opinion…”. The coloniality of gender and childbirth practices in Indigenous Wixárika families

Author

Listed:
  • Gamlin, Jennie B.

Abstract

How women make decisions about care-seeking during pregnancy and childbirth, is a key determinant of maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes. Indigenous communities continue to display the highest levels of maternal and infant mortality in Mexico, a fact often accounted for by reference to inadequate access to quality services. A growing body of research has identified gender inequality as a major determinant of MCH, although this has rarely been situated historically in the context of major social and epistemological shifts, that occurred under colonialism.

Suggested Citation

  • Gamlin, Jennie B., 2020. "“You see, we women, we can't talk, we can't have an opinion…”. The coloniality of gender and childbirth practices in Indigenous Wixárika families," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 252(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:252:y:2020:i:c:s0277953620301313
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112912
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953620301313
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112912?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Smith-Oka, Vania, 2015. "Microaggressions and the reproduction of social inequalities in medical encounters in Mexico," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 9-16.
    2. Sanni Yaya & Ghose Bishwajit & Michael Ekholuenetale, 2017. "Factors associated with the utilization of institutional delivery services in Bangladesh," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(2), pages 1-14, February.
    3. Fassin, Didier, 2013. "A case for critical ethnography," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 119-126.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Sanni Yaya & Ghose Bishwajit & Michael Ekholuenetale & Vaibhav Shah & Bernard Kadio & Ogochukwu Udenigwe, 2017. "Timing and adequate attendance of antenatal care visits among women in Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(9), pages 1-16, September.
    2. Panter-Brick, Catherine & Eggerman, Mark, 2018. "The field of medical anthropology in Social Science & Medicine," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 196(C), pages 233-239.
    3. Jahar Bhowmik & Raaj Kishore Biswas & Nurjahan Ananna, 2020. "Women’s education and coverage of skilled birth attendance: An assessment of Sustainable Development Goal 3.1 in the South and Southeast Asian Region," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(4), pages 1-18, April.
    4. Hovav, April, 2020. "Cutting out the surrogate: Caesarean sections in the Mexican surrogacy industry," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 256(C).
    5. Seman K. Ousman & Jeanette H. Magnus & Johanne Sundby & Mekdes K. Gebremariam, 2020. "Uptake of Skilled Maternal Healthcare in Ethiopia: A Positive Deviance Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-22, March.
    6. Haque, Md Rabiul & Parr, Nick & Muhidin, Salut, 2020. "The effects of household's climate-related displacement on delivery and postnatal care service utilization in rural Bangladesh," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 247(C).
    7. An Van Raemdonck & Marina de Regt, 2020. "Early Marriage in Perspective: Practicing an Ethics of Dialogue with Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 20(4), pages 312-327, October.
    8. Tania Walker & Mulu Woldegiorgis & Jahar Bhowmik, 2021. "Utilisation of Skilled Birth Attendant in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Trajectories and Key Sociodemographic Factors," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-12, October.
    9. Smith-Oka, Vania, 2022. "Cutting Women: Unnecessary cesareans as iatrogenesis and obstetric violence," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 296(C).
    10. Cinzia Di Novi & Harshita Thakare, 2022. "Inequality of Opportunity in Accessing Maternal and Newborn Healthcare Services: Evidence from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 164(3), pages 1505-1529, December.
    11. Williams, Sarah A., 2020. "Narratives of responsibility: Maternal mortality, reproductive governance, and midwifery in Mexico," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 254(C).
    12. Teshita Uke Chikako & Reta Habtamu Bacha & John Elvis Hagan & Abdul-Aziz Seidu & Kenenisa Abdisa Kuse & Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, 2022. "Multilevel Modelling of the Individual and Regional Level Variability in Predictors of Incomplete Antenatal Care Visit among Women of Reproductive Age in Ethiopia: Classical and Bayesian Approaches," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-14, May.
    13. Mamunur Rashid & Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury & Manzur Kader & Anne-Sofie Hiswåls & Gloria Macassa, 2022. "Determinants of Utilization of Institutional Delivery Services in Zambia: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-13, March.
    14. James Gordon Rice & Helga Baldvins Bjargardóttir & Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir, 2020. "Child Protection, Disability and Obstetric Violence: Three Case Studies from Iceland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-14, December.
    15. Jin-Won Noh & Young-mi Kim & Nabeel Akram & Ki-Bong Yoo & Jooyoung Cheon & Lena J. Lee & Young Dae Kwon & Jelle Stekelenburg, 2019. "Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Health Information Sources on Place of Birth in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-10, March.
    16. Thirlway, Frances & Nyamurungi, Kellen Namusisi & Matovu, Joseph K.B. & Miti, Andrew Kibuuka & Mdege, Noreen Dadirai, 2021. "Tobacco use and cessation in the context of ART adherence: Insights from a qualitative study in HIV clinics in Uganda," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 273(C).
    17. Thirlway, Frances, 2019. "Nicotine addiction as a moral problem: Barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in two working-class areas in Northern England," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 238(C), pages 1-1.
    18. Garoon, Joshua, 2018. "“These African stories”: Life, labor, and dying in northern Zambia," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 201(C), pages 9-17.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:252:y:2020:i:c:s0277953620301313. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/315/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.