| Description |
xvi, 301 pages : portrait ; 23 cm |
| Series |
LGBT thought and culture |
| Contents |
Ethnic and cultural diversity in feminist therapy : keys to power / Julia A. Boyd -- One determination : a Black female dentist speaks / Denise Alexander -- Service without subservience : reflections of a registered nurse / Cheryl M. Killion -- Moving targets : alcohol, crack and Black women / Sheila Battle -- Black, female, and sober / Lulu F. -- Look for guidance : how I stopped smoking / Mary Lou Lee -- Coming home : one Black woman's journey to health and fitness / Georgiana Arnold -- Beauty : when the other dancer is the self / Alice Walker -- New bones / Lucille Clifton |
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In answer to the question : have you ever considered suicide / Kate Rushin -- Breathing life into ourselves : the evolution of the National Black Women's Health Project / Byllye Y. Avery -- Rocking in the sun light : stress and Black women / Opal Palmer Adisa -- Prescriptions of root doctors / Zora Neale Hurston -- Sick and tired of being sick and tired : the politics of Black women's health / Angela Y. Davis -- Living with cancer / Audre Lorde -- On cancer and conjuring / Janis Coombs Epps -- Surpassing obstacles : pioneering Black women physicians / Melissa Blount -- On becoming a physician : a dream not deferred / Vanessa Northington Gamble -- Doctor's journal : healing from the inside out / Lorraine Bonner |
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Lupus and Black women : managing a complex chronic disability / Vida Labrie Jones -- The best foot forward : a Black woman deals with diabetes / K. Malaika Williams -- Looking at the total picture : a conversation with health activist Beverly Smith / Andrea Lewis and Beverly Smith -- AIDS : in living color / Beth Richie -- Aid of AMERICA / Imani Harrington -- Black prostitutes and AIDS / Gloria Lockett -- Bar none : the health of incarcerated Black women / Sean Reynolds -- Taking the home out of homophobia : Black lesbian health / Jewelle L. Gomez and Barbara Smith -- A tribute to a sister : Pat Parker, 1944-1989 / Evelyn C. White -- Massage (for Margaret) / Pat Parker -- Speaking of grief : today I feel real low, I hope you understand / Bridgett M. Davis |
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Roots / Lucille Clifton -- I call up names : facing childhood sexual abuse / Andrea R. Canaan -- A daughter survives incest : a retrospective analysis / Linda H. Hollies -- Love don't always make it right : Black women and domestic violence / Evelyn C. White -- Thank you Jesus to myself : the life of a traditional Black midwife / Linda Janet Holmes -- Teenage pregnancy : a case for national action / Faye Wattleton -- In a family way : notes from a teenage Black mother / Marsha R. Leslie -- Abortion : a matter of choice / Judy D. Simmons -- The Black family in America / Marian Wright Edelman -- Controlling hypertension / Pamela Sherrod -- Sickle cell anemia and me / Forrestine A. Bragg |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
This edition in English |
| Subject |
African American women -- Health and hygiene.
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African American women -- Medical care.
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African American women -- Mental health.
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| Author |
White, Evelyn C., 1954-
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LGBT Thought and Culture
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| LC no. |
90030876 |
| ISBN |
0931188865 |
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