This engaging collection reconceptualizes women’s health and healing, crossing disciplinary boundaries to rupture the biomedicalization of women’s bodies. It examines the implications and representations of race, class and gender in health care and offers new approaches to women’s health care. Subjects covered range from reproductive issues and nutrition to public health surveillance and AIDS. Contributors: Anne Balsamo, Ruth Behar, Adele E. Clarke, Patricia Hill Collins, Adela de la Torre, Marge DeVault, Donna Harraway, Valerie Hartouni, Patti Lather, Emily Martin, Virginia Olesen,