Violence in the lives of black women : battered, black, and blue
Violence in the lives of black women : battered, black, and blue
Carolyn M. West, editor
- New York Haworth Press c2002
- 211 p. ; 23 cm.
"Violence in the lives of black women: battered, black, and blue has been co-published simultaneously as Women & therapy, volume 25, numbers 3/4 2002."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written from a Black feminist perspective by therapists, researchers, activists, and survivors. Sheds new light on an understudied field. Provides a forum where personal testimony and academic research meet to show you how living at the intersection of many kinds of oppression shapes the lives of Black women. Includes case studies, in-depth discussions of activism and resistance, and suggestions for treatment and intervention.
0789019957
ABUSED WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
REHABILITATION
UNITED STATES
362.88 VIO
"Violence in the lives of black women: battered, black, and blue has been co-published simultaneously as Women & therapy, volume 25, numbers 3/4 2002."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written from a Black feminist perspective by therapists, researchers, activists, and survivors. Sheds new light on an understudied field. Provides a forum where personal testimony and academic research meet to show you how living at the intersection of many kinds of oppression shapes the lives of Black women. Includes case studies, in-depth discussions of activism and resistance, and suggestions for treatment and intervention.
0789019957
ABUSED WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
REHABILITATION
UNITED STATES
362.88 VIO