{"product_id":"weathering-9780349015156","title":"Weathering","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Monumental ''  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIBRAM X. KENDI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Eloquent, comprehensive and compassionate'' LINDA VILLAROSA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Superbly insightful'' HARRIET A. WASHINGTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFusing science and social justice, Weathering offers an urgent and necessary exploration of how systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenowned public health researcher Dr Arline T. Geronimus coined the term ''weathering'' to describe what public health statistics have long evidenced: systemic injustice takes a physical, oftentimes deadly, toll on Black, brown, working class and poor communities. They are disproportionately more likely to suffer from chronic diseases and die at much younger ages than their middle- and upper-class white counterparts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeathering\u003c\/i\u003e argues that health and ageing have more to do with how society treats us than how well we take care of ourselves. It reveals what happens to human bodies as they attempt to withstand and overcome t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe culmination of a life's groundbreaking work... \u003cb\u003efrequently jaw-dropping.\u003c\/b\u003e.. reasons for optimism too... crisp, backed with evidence and rather \u003cb\u003eheroic\u003c\/b\u003e in spirit * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most significant public health research discoveries of the last few decades is this: when it comes to health and aging, how society treats us has more of an impact than how we take care of ourselves.\u003cb\u003e In this monumental book, Arline T. Geronimus meticulously demonstrates that systemic injustice isn't just oppressive - it's toxic on the body; it's deadly\u003c\/b\u003e * Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning *\u003cbr\u003eThat body of evidence, which \u003cb\u003eDr. Geronimus describes in her new book, \u003ci\u003eWeathering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehas turned her into an \"icon\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand provided a framework for understanding health inequities\u003c\/b\u003e that goes deeper than blaming poor health on lifestyle choices or flawed genetics * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperbly insightful\u003c\/b\u003e. If this unique volume did nothing else, I would recommend \u003ci\u003eWeathering\u003c\/i\u003e as the book on healthcare disparities. But it also distills and delivers its scholarship and insight in engaging narratives, including compelling personal histories so that you will glean your education in racial health disparities-and how to end them-quite painlessly. In fact, \u003cb\u003ereading \u003ci\u003eWeathering\u003c\/i\u003e, with its clear-eyed mixture of reality and hope, is a delight\u003c\/b\u003e * Harriet A. Washington, author of Medical Apartheid and Carte Blanche *\u003cbr\u003eArline Geronimus brings together a lifetime of research, scholarship, and experience to explain how continually battling back oppression hurts the human body. Her book offers\u003cb\u003e an eloquent, comprehensive and compassionate framework for understanding the physiological effects of societal harm and a path to healing\u003c\/b\u003e -- Linda Villarosa, author of Under the Skin\u003cbr\u003eAs I learn more about the complexity of chronic diseases, and the reasons black people who grew up like I did endure them more often than others, it provides me a peace of mind I didn't know was possible. \u003cb\u003eThis book brings clarity where I've long had confusion. No doubt, it will influence the broader discussion about health and race in this country on a macro and policy-level. \u003c\/b\u003eBut more than that\u003cb\u003e, it will be invaluable to folks\u003c\/b\u003e who've faced anything like I did since I was a child\u003cbr\u003eIn trying to understand the causes of group disparities in health outcomes, analysts have focused on features of the disadvantaged groups themselves - their genes, culture, income level, etc. - at the expense of environmental factors. \u003ci\u003eWeathering\u003c\/i\u003e corrects this bias. \u003cb\u003eBetter than any writing I've seen, it shows how the environments of the disenfranchised have a weathering impact on their health and longevity. Well-written and accessible, it is a powerful book; indispensable to developing policies capable of reducing these disparities. \u003c\/b\u003eAnd more generally, it is\u003cb\u003e a must read \u003c\/b\u003eby anyone interested in the nature of identity in American life. In short, it deserves the very broadest of readerships! * Claude M. Steele, author of Whistling Vivaldi *\u003cbr\u003ePublic health activist and scientist Arline T. Geronimus, draws on her research to \u003cb\u003eshine a light on what it means to age as a Black person in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e * Essence *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeither genetic differences nor unhealthy lifestyles are at the root of racial health disparities in the U.S., according to this powerhouse study.\u003c\/b\u003e Geronimus uncovers and forcefully critiques harmful narratives in healthcare and social policy, including an \"exaggerated\" emphasis on the benefits of postponing childbearing (which puts Black mothers, in particular, at greater risk for \"poor birth outcomes\") and \"age-washing\" (which presupposes that there is \"a universally uniform growth and aging process\" and discounts the effects of racism and classism).\u003cb\u003e Impassioned and persuasive, this is an essential call for change\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eurgent call for compassion and social justice\u003c\/b\u003e * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003einsightful and well-argued book\u003c\/b\u003e, the author contends that the physiological effects of living in marginalized communities, often caused by racial, ethnic, religious, and class discrimination, play a more significant role in the health of its members than genetics or lifestyle choices. The text benefits from the author's inclusion of stories of individuals who have experienced firsthand the effects of weathering, including those of her own family as descendants of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. In the hard-driving second part of the book, Geronimus provides suggestions to create a new path forward, creating action items for readers truly interested in doing something about racialized injustice and the weathering it causes.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling contribution to the literature on the important issue of health care inequity\u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus, Starred Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe power of Geronimus's project remains the attempt to provide a conceptual framework for patterns that medical institutions, in their convenient recourse to individual failings, have yet to fully recognize.\u003c\/b\u003e I think about luminaries of Black Hollywood and hip-hop who are routinely felled by their own hearts well before their time and how the pandemic has coincided with ongoing police and carceral violence. I think about the elevated lead levels that were recently found in eighteen hundred Illinois public schools, or the noxious fumes released on residents of East Palestine, Ohio, when a Norfolk Southern train derailed in February. It is an observed truth that illness and death follow some kinds of people more than others. The mountain of evidence accretes still * New Yorker *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524981825879,"sku":"9780349015156","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349015156.jpg?v=1731858824","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/weathering-9780349015156","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}