TY  - BOOK
AU  - West,Traci C.
TI  - Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics 
SN  - 9780814784716
AV  - HV6250.4.W65 W465 1999
U1  - 362.88/089/96073 21
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - African American women
KW  - Crimes against
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Child sexual abuse
KW  - United States
KW  - Racism
KW  - Rape
KW  - Sex discrimination against women
KW  - Wife abuse
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; I. Listening to Women’s Stories --; II. Paying Attention to Women’s Anguish --; III. Deciphering the Role of Society --; IV. Garnering Methods of Resistance --; Notes --; Select Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author; restricted access
N2  - In Wounds 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 violence. West insists that cultural beliefs as well as institutional practices must be altered if we are to combat the reproduction of violence, and suggests methods of resistance which can be utilized by victim-survivors, those in the helping professions, and the church. Interrogating the dynamics of black women's experiences of emotional and spiritual trauma through the diverse disciplines of psychology, sociology, and theology, this important work will be of interest and practical use to those in women's studies, African American studies, Christian ethics, feminist and womanist theology, women's health, family counseling, and pastoral care
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814784716.001.0001
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784716
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814784716/original
ER  -