Wings of Gauze: Women of Color and the Experience of Health and Illness
Categories: Books, Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences



Dimensions: 6.25 x 1 x 9.5 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0814323014
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814323014
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Print length: 400 pages
Publication date: August 1, 1993
subtitle: Hardcover – August 1, 1993
author: Barbara Bair Susan Cayleff Helen Rodriguez-Trias Adrienne Michelle Robinson-Muhammad Alice Longman Ama R. Saran Anne M. Rivero Barbara Frye Beth E. Richie Brenda Child Carol M. Cummings Caroline Westbrook Arnold Cora A. Ingram Denise Drevdahl Diane K. Lewis Francoise Verges Frenzella Elaine De Lancey Gloria J. Romero Gloria Waite Gregoria Rodriguez Gretchen E. Lopez Joanne B. Mulcahy Katherine Fennelly Leslie E. Spieth Linda Dumas Lois Lyles Lourdes Arguelles Mary Peterson Mary Romero Michael C. Clatts Michelle Saint-Germain Nolan E. Penn Priscilla Ferguson Clement Sheila P. Davis Shirley A. Hill Teresa C. Jacob Valli Kanuha Wonda Lee Fontenot
review: Editorial Reviews Review Finally, a book in which the lifeworld of women of color emerges to challenge the narrow medical discourse on health. This is a finely nuanced collection that should be read by anyone who wants to understand the meansing so health and illness in American communities. (Susan M. Reberby Wellesley College ) Book Description Wings of Gauze is a mulitdisciplinary anthology of original essays written about the experiences of women of color in the United States-African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Southeast Asian American. About the Author Barbara Bair, Ph.D., is a Fellow of the Virginia Center for the Humanities, Charlottesville, and was for many years an Associate of the James B. Coleman African Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has taught interdisciplinary courses in American literature, women and health, and American cultural and social history. Susan E. Cayleff, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Women's Studies at San Diego State University. She teaches women's history from a multi-cultural perspective, women and health, women's sexualiyy, and women and sports. Read more