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Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery
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Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery Hardcover - 2014 - 3rd Edition

by Bell Hooks


From the publisher

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.

Details

  • Title Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery
  • Author Bell Hooks
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 3rd
  • Edition 3
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2014
  • ISBN 9781138821675 / 1138821675
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 in (21.59 x 14.22 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Self-actualization (Psychology), Self-esteem in women
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014023035
  • Dewey Decimal Code 155.849

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.