Weathering : the extraordinary stress of ordinary life in an unjust society / Arline T. Geronimus.

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    • Publication Information:
      First edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: "Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent book exploring the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Content Notes:
      Part one. The erasure, the erosion, and the withstanding -- Is working hard and playing by the rules the cure for what ails us? -- Stress and the human biological canvas -- Distressed genes and weathered cells -- Mothers and babies in jeopardy -- Collectively weathering weathering -- Killing us stealthily : the weathering effects of racialized social identity -- Weathering for success : age against the machine -- Social policy and the assault on Black family life -- Part two. The way forward -- Think biopsychosocially : address the stealth inequities that surround us -- Think holistically : transcend departments, compartments, and determinants -- Do not erase oppressed stakeholders : do nothing about us without us -- Reorient public health science and practice to better address the needs of working- and reproductive-age adults -- Recognize all our fates are linked.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-343) and index.
      1 2 3 19 20
    • Other Titles:
      Extraordinary stress of ordinary life in an unjust society.
    • ISBN:
      9780316257978
      0316257974
    • Accession Number:
      1373099825
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1152186