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Traci C. West

Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence and Resistance Ethics

Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence and Resistance Ethics

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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.



Binding Type: Paperback
Author: West, Traci C.
Published: 03/01/1999
Publisher: New York University Press
ISBN: 9780814793350
Pages: 249
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.91h x 5.95w x 0.66d
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