Embodied Politics: Indigenous Migrant Activism, Cultural Competency, and Health Promotion in California...

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Rebecca J. Hester

Embodied Politics

Indigenous Migrant Activism, Cultural Competency, and Health Promotion in California

Rebecca J. Hester

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Rutgers University Press
13 May 2022

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Migration, immigration & emigration; Indigenous peoples; Population & demography; Health systems & services

Series: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine

Embodied Politics illuminates the influential force of public health promotion in indigenous migrant communities by examining the Indigenous Health Project (IHP), a culturally and linguistically competent initiative that uses health workshops, health messages, and social programs to mitigate the structural vulnerability of Oaxacan migrants in California. Embodied Politics reconstructs how this initiative came to exist and describes how it operates. At the same time, it points out the conflicts, resistances, and counter-acts that emerge through the IHP's attempts to guide the health behaviors and practices of Triqui and Mixteco migrants. Arguing for a structurally competent approach to migrant health, Embodied Politics shows how efforts to promote indigenous health may actually reinforce the same social and political economic forces, namely structural racism and neoliberalism, that are undermining the health of indigenous Oaxacans in Mexico and the United States.

By: Rebecca J. Hester
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 286g
ISBN: 9780813589497
ISBN 10: 0813589495
Series: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 13 May 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Chapter 1 The Paradoxical Politics of Health Promotion Chapter 2 Structural Violence, Migrant Activism, and Indigenous Health Chapter 3 The “Mexican Model” of Health: Examining the Travels and Translations of Health Promotion Chapter 4 Números, Números, Números: Making Health Programs Accountable Chapter 5 Cultural Sensitivity Training and the Cultural Politics of Teaching Tolerance Chapter 6 La Lucha Sigue: Migrant Activism and the Ongoing Struggle to Promote Indigenous Health Acknowledgments Notes Index

REBECCA J. HESTER is an assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology and Society at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. She is a co-editor of Translocalities/Translocalidades: Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas and the author of several publications on the promises and pitfalls of cultural competence.

Reviews for Embodied Politics: Indigenous Migrant Activism, Cultural Competency, and Health Promotion in California

"""Embodied Politics: Health Promotion in Indigenous Mexican Migrant Communities is timely, well-researched, and well-written. It was a pleasure to read and I look forward to using and recommending it in the future.""--Seth Holmes ""author of Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States"""