TY - BOOK AU - West,Carolyn M. TI - Violence in the lives of black women: battered, black, and blue SN - 0789019957 U1 - 362.88 VIO PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Haworth Press KW - FVC KW - ABUSED WOMEN KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - REHABILITATION KW - UNITED STATES N1 - "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 N2 - 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 ER -