List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
American Gynecology and Black Lives
CHAPTER ONE
The Birth of American Gynecology
CHAPTER TWO
Black Women’s Experiences in Slavery and Medicine
CHAPTER THREE
Contested Relations: Slavery, Sex, and Medicine
CHAPTER FOUR
Irish Immigrant Women and American Gynecology
CHAPTER FIVE
Historical Black Superbodies and the Medical Gaze
AFTERWORD
Notes
Bibliography
Index