Can I read Black Women's Mental Health : Balancing Strength and Vulnerability on EtoBox?

Black Women's Mental Health : Balancing Strength and Vulnerability by Stephanie Y. Evans, Kanika Bell, Nsenga K. Burton, Linda Goler Blount is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Black Women's Mental Health : Balancing Strength and Vulnerability about?

Creates a new framework for approaching Black women’s wellness, by merging theory and practice with both personal narratives and public policy. This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful look at the challenges and potency of Black women’s struggle for inner peace and mental stability. It brings together contributors from psychology, sociology, law, and medicine, as well as the humanities, to discuss issues ranging from stress, sexual assault, healing, self-care, and contemplative practice to health-policy considerations and parenting. Merging theory and practice with personal narratives and public policy, the book develops a new framework for approaching Black women’s wellness in order to provide tangible solutions. The collection reflects feminist praxis and defines womanist peace in terms that reject both “superwoman” stereotypes and “victim” caricatures. Also included for health professionals are concrete recommendations for understanding and treating Black women. “…this book speaks not only to Black women but also educates a broader audience of policymakers and therapists about the complex and multilayered realities that we must navigate and the protests we mu

Author

Stephanie Y. Evans, Kanika Bell, Nsenga K. Burton, Linda Goler Blount

Publisher

State University of New York Press; SUNY Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781438465814

Subjects

Science, Psychology, Social Science

Rating

4.8 / 5 (132 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14