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- Title
FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS (FASD) IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, AND THE RACIALIZATION OF A DIAGNOSIS.
- Authors
Hedwig, Travis
- Abstract
This research examines the racial and cultural politics that shape diagnostic encounters and outcomes of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Alaska. Utilizing ethnographic data collected in a variety of foster and extended family settings, the lived experiences of individuals with FASD and their families will be highlighted in an effort to understand and document how diagnosis disrupts connection to family, kinship, and community; structures access to health, education, housing, employment, and disability resources; and hinders opportunities for meaningful community inclusion across the lifespan. Collected family stories speak to a broad set of interrelated concerns within anthropology and public health, including settler colonialism and the racialization of medical knowledge, political accusations of risk and blame associated with alcohol use and pregnancy, and the pathologization of contemporary Indigenous identity.
- Publication
Alaska Journal of Anthropology, 2022, Vol 20, Issue 1/2, p9
- ISSN
1544-9793
- Publication type
Academic Journal