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Sisters of the yam : black women and self-recovery / by bell hooks.
LIBRA RC451.5.N4 H66 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- hooks, bell, 1952-2021.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women--Mental health.
- African American women.
- Self-esteem in women.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Oppression (Psychology).
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 6 unnumbered pages, 194 pages, 4 unnumbered pages. : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : South End Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- "By confronting topics avoided in polite company--including progressive black folks--hooks helps us tackle our deepest fears, those we harbor about our self-worth as African Americans, and get on with the business of becoming".--Village Voice Literary Supplement. An empowering new book from the author of Ain't I A Woman.
- Contents:
- Preface: Reflection of Light
- Introduction: Healing Darkness
- Seeking after Truth
- Tongues of Fire: Learning Critical Affirmation
- Work makes Life Sweet
- Knowing Peace: An End to Stress
- Growing Away from Addiction
- Dreaming Ourselves Dark and Deep: Black Beauty
- Facing and Feeling Loss
- Moved by Passion: Eros and Responsibility
- Living to Love
- Sweet Communion
- The Joy of Reconciliation
- Touching the Earth
- Walking in the Spirit.
- Notes:
- "Cover design by Julie Ault and Gloria Watkins."
- Publisher's advertisements: [1] page at end.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy 1 has [2] leaves of handwritten notes laid in.
- Banks Collection copy 1 has label with correct attribution to quote given above on verso of front cover.
- Banks Collection copy 1 has marginal marks and ms. annotations.
- Banks Collection copy 1 has signs of possible water damage at bottom.
- ISBN:
- 0896084566
- 0896084574
- OCLC:
- 27895827
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