1st Edition
Violence in the Lives of Black Women Battered, Black, and Blue
By Carolyn West
Copyright 2003
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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Break the silence surrounding Black women's experiences of violence! Written from a Black feminist perspective by therapists, researchers, activists, and survivors, Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue sheds new light on an understudied field. For too long, Black women have been suffering the effects of violence in painful silence. This book—winner of the... Read more
- Introduction
- OVERVIEW OF VIOLENCE
- Battered, Black, and Blue: An Overview of Violence in the Lives of Black Women
- Black Women and Community Violence: Trauma, Grief, and Coping
- TYPES OF VIOLENCE
- Childhood Sexual Abuse in the Lives of Black Women: Risk and Resilience in a Longitudinal Study
- Grounding Our Feet and Hearts: Black Women's Coping Strategies in Psychologically Abusive Dating Relationships
- “The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back”: African American Women's Strategies for Disengaging from Abusive Relationships
- Living at the Intersection: The Effects of Racism and Sexism on Black Rape Survivors
- Racialized Sexual Harassment in the Lives of African American Women
- MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS
- “There's a Stranger in This House”: African American Lesbians and Domestic Violence
- Head and Brain Injuries Experienced by African American Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
- BREAKING THE SILENCE: ACTIVISM AND HEALING
- Talking Back: Research as an Act of Resistance and Healing for African American Women Survivors of Intimate Male Partner Violence
- Fragmented Silhouettes
- Using Celluloid to Break the Silence About Sexual Violence in the Black Community
- Striving for a More Excellent Way
- “I Find Myself at Therapy's Doorstep”: Summary and Suggested Readings on Violence in the Lives of Black Women
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
West, Carolyn
