Sisters of the Yam
Black Women and Self-Recovery
About this book
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.
Subjects
- african americans
- african americans, mental health
- african american studies
- african american women
- afro-american women
- developmental
- estime de soi chez la femme
- ethnic studies
- family & relationships
- feminism
- feminism & feminist theory
- feminist theory
- general
- lifespan development
- life stages
- love
- maladies mentales
- mental disorders
- mental health
- mental illness
- noires américaines
- oppression
- oppression (psychology)
- psychology
- racism
- santé mentale
- self-actualization (psychology)
- self concept
- self-esteem in women
- self-help groups
- social conditions
- social identification
- social science
- social science / ethnic studies / african american studies
- social science / feminism & feminist theory
- social science / women's studies
- therapy
- traitement
- treatment
- umschulungswerkstätten für siedler und auswanderer
- women
- women, mental health
- women's studies