Empowering women of color / [edited by] Lorraine M. Gutiérrez and Edith A. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gutiérrez, Lorraine M. (Lorraine Margot)

Lewis, Edith Anne.

Series:

Empowering the powerless

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with women--United States.

Social work with women.

Minority women.

Psychology.

Minority women--Services for.

United States.

Minority women--Services for--United States.

Minority women--United States--Psychology.

Self-esteem in women--United States.

Self-esteem in women.

Physical Description:

xix, 272 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1999]

Summary:

This is the first textbook to address the specific but polymorphous needs of women of color. With the help of guest authors, Gutierrez and Lewis provide an excellent framework through which social workers can more effectively aid women of color in their ongoing struggle against systemic oppression.

Contents:

Part I The Empowerment Approach to Practice

1. Empowerment: A Model for Practice 3

2. Empowerment Techniques: Engagement and Assessment 24

3. Empowerment Techniques: Practice with Individuals 38

4. Empowerment Techniques: Practice with Families 52

5. Empowerment Techniques: Practice with Groups 68

6. Bringing an Empowerment Perspective into Organizational Practice 80

7. Empowerment Techniques: Practice with Communities 100

8. Endings: Evaluation and Termination 119

Part II Understanding Women of Color

9. The Sharing of Power: Empowerment with Native American Women / Christine T. Lowery 137

10. Staying the Path: Lessons About Health and Resistance from Women of the African Diaspora in the United States / Edith Lewis 150

11. Empowerment with Latinas / Lorraine Gutierrez, Zulema Suarez 167

12. Empowerment: Asian-American Women's Perspectives / Gwat-Yong Lie 187

13. Empowering Lesbian and Bisexual Women of Color: Overcoming Three Forms of Oppression / Larry Icard, Teresa Jones, Stephanie Wahab 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-253) and index.

ISBN:

0231101163

0231101171

OCLC:

40354840