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.

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.

• 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

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.

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.

• 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

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.

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.

• 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