Womanist AIDS Activism in the United States: "It's Who We Are"

Womanist AIDS Activism in the United States: "It's Who We Are" - Health and Aging in the Margins

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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. HIV/AIDS has had a disproportionate impact on Black women. In addition to high infection and mortality rates, they are likely to be responsible for the caretaking of family, friends, and community members with HIV. Angelique Harris and Omar Mushtaq conducted interviews with 36 activists from across the nation to examine the ways in which race, gender, and identity influence the motivations and approaches behind their work. 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 also argue that womanism better encapsulates the experiences of Black women than feminism or Black feminism. The authors provide an in-depth analysis of womanism and propose how it can be applied more broadly in examinations of community engagement among women of color, specifically Black women.

Book information

ISBN: 9781793636515
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.19697920082
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 152
Weight: 404g
Height: 227mm
Width: 162mm
Spine width: 18mm