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

by Rebecca J. Hester

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813589495
• ISBN13: 9780813589497
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher