Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 249 p)
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814793355
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0814793347
Content:
In Wounds of the Spirit , Traci West employs first person accounts-from slave narratives to contemporary interviews to Tina Turner's autobiography-to document a historical legacy of violence against black women in the United States. West, a black feminist Christian ethicist, situates spiritual matters within a discussion of the psycho-social impact of intimate assault against African American women. Distinctive for its treatment of the role of the church in response to violence against African American women, the book identifies specific social mechanisms which contribute to the reproduction o
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index
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CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Testimony from Nonfiction Literature; 2 Contemporary Testimony from Interviews; 3 Emotional and Spiritual Consequences; 4 Theoretical Resources; 5 A Sampler of Cultural Assaults; 6 Identifying Resistance; 7 Maintaining the Momentum, Sustaining anEthic of Resistance; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814793343
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wounds of the Spirit : Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics
Language:
English
