Sisters of the yam
black women and self-recovery
By Bell Hooks
"Sisters of the yam" is published by Routledge in 2015 - nyu, it has 184 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Sisters of the yam” Metadata:
- Title: Sisters of the yam
- Author: Bell Hooks
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 184
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish Date: 2015
- Publish Location: nyu
“Sisters of the yam” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ African American women - Self-esteem in women - Mental health - Self-actualization (Psychology) - Oppression (Psychology) - Afro-American women - Psychology - Feminist theory - Self-help groups - Racism - Social conditions - Love - African americans, mental health - Women, mental health - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies - Noires américaines - Santé mentale - Estime de soi chez la femme - Oppression - SOCIAL SCIENCE - Feminism & Feminist Theory - Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Women's Studies - Mental illness - Treatment - African Americans - Mental Disorders - Therapy - Maladies mentales - Traitement - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS - Life Stages - General - Developmental - Lifespan Development - Self Concept - Women - Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- Places: United States
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xiii, 184 pages
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL27207451M - OL31124W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 1001921062 - 884882231 - 893681851
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2014023035
- ISBN-13: 9781138821682 - 9781138821675
- ISBN-10: 1138821683 - 1138821675
- All ISBNs: 1138821683 - 1138821675 - 9781138821682 - 9781138821675
AI-generated Review of “Sisters of the yam”:
Snippets and Summary:
We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
"Sisters of the yam" Description:
The Open Library:
"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"--
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