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Sisters of the yam : Black women and self-recovery
- Title
- Sisters of the yam : Black women and self-recovery / by bell hooks.
- Author
- hooks, bell, 1952-2021
- Publication
- Boston, MA : South End Press, 1993.
- ©1993
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RC451.5.N4 H66 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 194 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Explores how black women's emotional growth and development is affected by daily assaults of racism and sexism.
- Subject
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
- African American women > Mental health
- Self-esteem in women
- Self-actualization (Psychology)
- Oppression (Psychology)
- African Americans
- Self-perception
- Women
- Black or African American
- Self Concept
- Women
- African American
- women (female humans)
- Self-perception
- African Americans
- African American women > Mental health
- Self-esteem in women
- Rassismus
- Selbstwertgefühl
- Sexismus
- Unterdrückung
- Schwarze Frau
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194).
- Contents
- Seeking after truth -- Tongues of fire: learning critical affirmation -- Work makes life sweet -- Knowing peace: an end to stress -- Growing away from addiction -- Dreaming ourselves dark and deep: black beauty -- Facing and feeling loss -- Moved by passion: eros and responsibility -- Living to love -- Sweet communion -- The joy of reconciliation -- Touching the earth -- Walking in the spirit.
- ISBN
- 0896084566
- 9780896084568
- 0896084574
- 9780896084575
- 0896084159
- 9780896084155
- LCCN
- 93022112
- OCLC
- ocm27895827
- 27895827
- SCSB-2001693
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library