Collective Care: Latinas and Health in the United States, 1960s-90s
Natalie Lira, Associate Chair and Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lina-Maria Murillo, Assistant Professor of History, University of Iowa
Collective Care situates Latina health politics and activism as a cornerstone of 20th-century health rights movements in the United States. Drawing from oral histories and archival collections, the authors analyze how Latinas challenged medicalized racism and violence, navigated white supremacist institutions, posited health care as a human right, and established their own health-based organizations centering community care and liberation. The book reveals the extensive role Latinas played in furthering health rights and justice, illuminating the health justice labor of Latinas across the country. Collective Care offers important lessons for confronting medical racism and strengthening community health on our own terms.
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This seminar provides a forum for works-in-progress that explore topics in Latino/a and Borderlands studies. The seminar’s co-sponsors are Indiana University’s Latino Studies Program, Northwestern University’s Program in Latina and Latino Studies, The Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Center for Latino Research at DePaul University, the Katz Center for Mexican Studies at the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Latin American and Latino Studies Program.