Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery, Edition 2

bell hooks

Oct 2014 · Routledge

About this ebook

In Sisters of the Yam, bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be impacted by sexism and racism. Desiring to create a context where black females could both work on their individual efforts for self-actualization while remaining connected to a larger world of collective struggle, hooks articulates the link between self-recovery and political resistance. Both an expression of the joy of self-healing and the need to be ever vigilant in the struggle for equality, Sisters of the Yam continues to speak to the experience of black womanhood.

Ratings and reviews

I've always heard of SOTY yet never sat down to read it. I'm glad that I was reminded to read bell hooks words of love, forgiveness, awareness, living wholely, and a myriad of others. I will certainly pass this along to other Black women in my life who may find some comfort and healing in the pages of this book.

About the author

A cultural critic, an intellectual, and a feminist writer, bell hooks is best known for classic books including Ain’t I a Woman, Bone Black, All About Love, Rock My Soul, Belonging, We Real Cool, Where We Stand, Teaching to Transgress, Teaching Community, Outlaw Culture, and Reel to Real. hooks is Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at Berea College, and resides in her home state of Kentucky.