Description
In Sisters of the Yam, bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be impacted by sexism and racism. Desiring to create a context where black females could both work on their individual efforts for self-actualization while remaining connected to a larger world of collective struggle, hooks articulates the link between self-recovery and political resistance. Both an expression of the joy of self-healing and the need to be ever vigilant in the struggle for equality, Sisters of the Yam continues to speak to the experience of black womanhood.
Author: Bell Hooks
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/28/2014
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781138821682
ISBN10: 1138821683
BISAC Categories:
- Self-Help | Personal Growth | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Psychology | General
About the Author
A cultural critic, an intellectual, and a feminist writer, bell hooks is best known for classic books including Ain't I a Woman, Bone Black, All About Love, Rock My Soul, Belonging, We Real Cool, Where We Stand, Teaching to Transgress, Teaching Community, Outlaw Culture, and Reel to Real. hooks is Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at Berea College, and resides in her home state of Kentucky.