Sisters of the Yam

By Bell Hooks

Subjects: Oppression, Racism, Feminist theory, Self-actualization (Psychology), Feminism & Feminist Theory, Developmental, African Americans, African americans, mental health, Lifespan Development, African American women, General, Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Self-esteem in women, Therapy, Mental illness, Maladies mentales, Afro-American women, Women, mental health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Self-help groups, Estime de soi chez la femme, Traitement, Noires américaines, Love, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Treatment, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Self-actualization (psychology), Mental health, Santé mentale, Social conditions, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS, African american women, Oppression (Psychology), Life Stages, Oppression (psychology), Psychology, African American Studies, Mental Disorders, PSYCHOLOGY

Description: 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.