Description
Book SynopsisJulie Avril Minich examines Latinx artistic engagements with health politics to present alternate visions of health and wellbeing among the Latinx community.
Trade Review“
Radical Health is a necessary and timely intervention in the fields of critical race and disability studies. Julie Avril Minich challenges us to nuance our approaches to health as a structural and social issue. This book is immensely valuable to anyone studying health in the United States today, especially in the wake of the mass disablement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” -- Sami Schalk, author of * Black Disability Politics *
“By drawing attention to the racialized, economic, and gendered forms of violence imposed on Latinx communities by the US healthcare system,
Radical Health will alter the way that both Latinx studies and disability studies are practiced. I cannot stress how important this book is. Its urgency and timeliness makes it essential reading for everyone committed to the struggle for health justice.” -- Richard T. Rodríguez, author of * A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and US Latinidad *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction: Radical Health/Radical Unwellness 1
1. Unprotected Texts: Queer Latinx Expression in the Aftermath of AIDS 24
2. Sugar, Shame, Love: Diabetic Latinidades 52
3. Healing Without a Cure: Radical Health and Racialized Gender Violence 82
4. Mental Health and Migrant Justice: Family Separation and Reimagining Wellness 116
Remedio: The Navigator 150
Notes 167
References 187
Index 207
