Black Women and Breast Cancer : a Cultural Theology.

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Elizabeth Williams draws on the perspectives of womanist theology and anthropology to examine how Black, American women use faith to achieve well-being after a breast cancer diagnosis. Williams portrays how these women have constructed a cultural theology of breast cancer that draws on their experie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Elizabeth A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2018.
Colección:Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society.
Temas:
Breast > Cancer.
African American women > Medical care.
Breast > Cancer > Religious aspects.
Health education.
Breast Neoplasms
Health Education
Sein > Cancer.
Noires américaines > Soins médicaux.
Sein > Cancer > Aspect religieux.
Éducation sanitaire.
African American women > Medical care
Breast > Cancer
Breast > Cancer > Religious aspects
Health education
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The God of Black Women and Breast Cancer; 1 Talking God and Talking Cancer; 2 The Power of Black Women's Cancer Testimonies; 3 Black Women's Cancer Support Seeking; 4 Healing Claims as Acts of Faith and Resistance; II: Black Women Respond to God and Breast Cancer; 5 Black Women Transformed into Cancer Survivors; 6 Black Cancer Survivors' Transformative Theology of Hope; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

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