|
Showing 1 - 14 of
14 matches in All Departments
Transforming Scholarship is ideal for women's and gender capstone
courses, and for those who have finished their degree and need a
resource to assist in conceptualizing the answers to the question
"What's next?"
Transforming Scholarship is ideal for women's and gender capstone
courses, and for those who have finished their degree and need a
resource to assist in conceptualizing the answers to the question
"What's next?"
The struggles African American women and their adolescent daughters
face in living healthy, active lives From heart disease and
diabetes to HIV and obesity, Black women and girls face serious
health risks, lagging behind their white counterparts by every
measure of health, well-being, and fitness. In Black Women's
Health, Michele Tracy Berger shows us why this is the case,
exploring how the health needs of Black women and girls are
uniquely rooted in their experiences with racism, sexism, and class
discrimination. Drawing on interviews with mothers and their
daughters, as well as compelling medical data, Berger provides
insight into the larger patterns that place Black women at such
high risk on a national level. She shows how Black mothers
communicate with their daughters about health, sexuality, and
intimacy, including how they attempt to promote healthy living
standards even as they navigate widespread, systemic challenges.
Ultimately, Berger highlights the important role that family-and
specifically, the relationship between mothers and daughters-plays
in improving public health outcomes. Black Women's Health takes a
much-needed, intimate look at how Black women and girls navigate
different paths to wellness.
"Workable Sisterhood " is an empirical look at sixteen
HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with
the law, or a history of working in the sex trade. What makes their
experience with the HIV/AIDS virus and their political
participation different from their counterparts of people with HIV?
Michele Tracy Berger argues that it is the influence of a
phenomenon she labels "intersectional stigma," a complex process by
which women of color, already experiencing race, class, and gender
oppression, are also labeled, judged, and given inferior treatment
because of their status as drug users, sex workers, and
HIV-positive women.
The work explores the barriers of stigma in relation to
political participation, and demonstrates how stigma can be
effectively challenged and redirected.
The majority of the women in Berger's book are women of color,
in particular African Americans and Latinas. The study elaborates
the process by which these women have become conscious of their
social position as HIV-positive and politically active as
activists, advocates, or helpers. She builds a picture of
community-based political participation that challenges popular,
medical, and scholarly representations of "crack addicted
prostitutes" and HIV-positive women as social problems or victims,
rather than as agents of social change. Berger argues that the
women's development of a political identity is directly related to
a process called "life reconstruction." This process includes
substance- abuse treatment, the recognition of gender as a salient
factor in their lives, and the use of nontraditional political
resources.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Mick Tracy, The Irish Scripture Reader, By W.A.C. W A. C,
Michael Tracy
The struggles African American women and their adolescent daughters
face in living healthy, active lives From heart disease and
diabetes to HIV and obesity, Black women and girls face serious
health risks, lagging behind their white counterparts by every
measure of health, well-being, and fitness. In Black Women’s
Health, Michele Tracy Berger shows us why this is the case,
exploring how the health needs of Black women and girls are
uniquely rooted in their experiences with racism, sexism, and class
discrimination. Drawing on interviews with mothers and their
daughters, as well as compelling medical data, Berger provides
insight into the larger patterns that place Black women at such
high risk on a national level. She shows how Black mothers
communicate with their daughters about health, sexuality, and
intimacy, including how they attempt to promote healthy living
standards even as they navigate widespread, systemic challenges.
Ultimately, Berger highlights the important role that family—and
specifically, the relationship between mothers and
daughters—plays in improving public health outcomes. Black
Women’s Health takes a much-needed, intimate look at how Black
women and girls navigate different paths to wellness.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|