Wounds of the spirit : Black women, violence, and resistance ethics /

Wounds of the spirit : Black women, violence, and resistance ethics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	West, Traci C., 1959-
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, c1999.
Description:	xi, 249 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	African American women -- Crimes against. African American women -- Social conditions. Rape -- United States. Wife abuse -- United States. Child sexual abuse -- United States. Racism -- United States. Sex discrimination against women -- United States. African American women -- Crimes against. African American women -- Social conditions. Child sexual abuse. Racism. Rape. Sex discrimination against women. Wife abuse. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3762391

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ISBN:	0814793347 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814793355 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index.

Table of Contents:

I. Listening to Women's Stories. 1. Testimony from Nonfiction Literature. 2. Contemporary Testimony from Interviews
II. Paying Attention to Women's Anguish. 3. Emotional and Spiritual Consequences
III. Deciphering the Role of Society. 4. Theoretical Resources. 5. A Sampler of Cultural Assaults
IV. Garnering Methods of Resistance. 6. Identifying Resistance. 7. Maintaining the Momentum, Sustaining an Ethic of Resistance.