Womanist AIDS Activism in the United States

“It’s Who We Are”

AvAngelique Harris,Omar Mushtaq

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Womanist AIDS Activism in the United States: “It’s Who We Are” is an in-depth exploration of AIDS advocacy work among Black women. Based on interviews gathered from thirty-six Black women AIDS activists from across the nation, Angelique Harris and Omar Mushtaq examine the ways in which race, gender, sexuality, and spirituality influence the motivations and approaches behind the efforts of the women in the study. The authors use womanism—an epistemological framework that centers the world views of women of color—to better situate this activism within a larger sociocultural and historical context. They find that identity, spirituality, emotions, and experiences with AIDS knowledge all influence the ways in which these activists approached their community activism work. The authors analyze womanism in detail and propose ways in which this framework can be applied more broadly in examinations of community engagement among women of color, and specifically Black women.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-01-04
Mått:162 x 227 x 18 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Health and Aging in the Margins
Antal sidor:152
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793636515

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Angelique Harris is associate professor of medicine at Boston University and director of faculty development and diversity in the Department of Medicine and director of faculty development at Boston University Medical Campus. Omar Mushtaq is lecturer at Chapman University.

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Harris and Mushtaq are interested in one question: what drives Black women to get involved in AIDS activism? To explore this, they have used womanist theory as a grounding framework. Unlike feminism—which may overlook Black women's experiences with race; intersectionality—which could be limiting in being chiefly useful for analysis; and Black feminism—which may focus on Black womanhood only, womanist theory allows the authors to explore the critical implications of subjects' experience for social activism, especially as shown by Black women who are involved in AIDS work. This book seeks to explain Black women's activism in a multidimensional context. The authors find that Black women's self-described experiences go against the grain of what larger bodies of work have claimed about Black-led social movements… Here, the authors focus on spirituality rather than organized religion as a factor that helps drive activism. Community and agency, rather than particular monolithic leaders, have provided the motive voice spurring these women's action. This book is a gem for those seeking links between activism, public health, and social justice theory. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction and Theoretical Framework Chapter 2: Identity and Social JusticeChapter 3: Religion and Spirituality in AIDS ActivismChapter 4: Emotions: Love, Anger, and Solidarity Chapter 5: Education and Social Change Chapter 6: Conclusion Appendix A: Toward an Embodied Womanist MethodologyAppendix B: The Activists and their StoriesReferences