Wings of Gauze: Women of Color and the Experience of Health and Illness
by Carol M. Cummings, Caroline Westbrook Arnold, Ama R. Saran, De Lancey, Frenzella Elaine, Brenda Child, Barbara Frye, Michael Craig Clatts, Denise Drevdahl, Lourdes Arguelles, Sheila P. Davis, Alice Longman, Cora A. Ingram, Priscilla Ferguson Clement, Linda Dumas, Katherine Fennelly, Michelle A. Saint-Germain, Wonda Lee Fontenot, Diane K. Lewis, Joanne B. Mulcahy, Lois Lyles, Shirley A. Hill
Category: Health & Fitness

An anthology on health and illness as experienced by women of color in the US. Written by community activists, health professionals, and scholars in the social sciences and humanities, the essays address the interconnections of psychological and physical health; ideas of traditional medicine among various minority groups; historical perspectives of culture as a factor in medicine; breast cancer; and health issues affected by federal and institutional policy--rape and domestic violence, reproductive rights, substance abuse, and sexually transmitted disease. Paper edition (2302-2), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR