Title: Sisters of the Yam
Subtitle: Black Women and Self-Recovery
First published: 1993
Description: 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 American women, Self-esteem in women, Mental health, Self-actualization (Psychology), Oppression (Psychology), Afro-American women, Psychology, Feminist theory, Self-help groups, Racism, Social conditions, Love, African americans, mental health, Women, mental health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Noires américaines, Santé mentale, Estime de soi chez la femme, Oppression, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, Women's Studies, Mental illness, Treatment, African Americans, Mental Disorders, Therapy, Maladies mentales, Traitement, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS, Life Stages, General, Developmental, Lifespan Development, Self Concept, Women, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Feminism, Social Identification
Places: United States
LC classification: RC451.5.N4 H66 1993