Wounds of the Spirit Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics

Name: Wounds of the Spirit Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics
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ISBN: 9780814793350

ISBN-10: 0814793355

ISBN-13: 9780814793350

Edition: 1999

Authors: Traci C. West

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Wounds of the Spiritis a complex book about a complex and difficult topic. Hypatia InWounds of the Spirit, Traci West employs first person accounts-from slave narratives to contemporary interviews to Tina Turner's autobiography-to document a historical legacy of violence against black women in the United States. West, a black feminist Christian ethicist, situates spiritual matters within a discussion of the psycho-social impact of intimate assault against African American women. Distinctive for its treatment of the role of the church in response to violence against African American women, the book identifies specific social mechanisms which contribute to the reproduction of intimate…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 3/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Traci C. West is Assistant Professor of Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University.